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SEXUAL MORALITY
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Controversial Issues
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Sex outside of marriage
Artificial contraception
Homosexuality
Artificial insemination
Genetic manipulation
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Mistaken Attitudes about Sex
• Hedonist
• Prude
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#1 Hedonist
… the aim is all about bodily pleasure,
self-gratification and physical thrills
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#2 Prude
… sex is considered nasty and
degrading, an evil that saddles us.
Private parts are considered bad
and shameful
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Because sex is the handiwork of God, sex is
by its nature something good, something
sacred and holy.
It is only when sex is torn from its holy
framework of marriage and potential
parenthood do evil enter in.
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VIRTUE OF CHASTITY
… requires an integration of sexuality within
his/her person and self-mastery and
control of his/her passions
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CCC 2337
2337 Chastity means the successful integration of
sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of
man in his bodily and spiritual being.
Sexuality, in which man's belonging to the bodily and
biological world is expressed, becomes personal and
truly human when it is integrated into the relationship of
one person to another, in the complete and lifelong
mutual gift of a man and a woman.
The virtue of chastity therefore involves the integrity of the
person and the integrality of the gift.
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CCC 2339
2339 Chastity includes an apprenticeship in
self-mastery which is a training in human
freedom.
The alternative is clear: either man governs
his passions and finds peace, or he lets
himself be dominated by them and
becomes unhappy …
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SEX EDUCATION
The Holy Father John Paul II states in Familiaris
Consortio:
“The right and duty of parents to give education is
essential since it is connected with the transmission
of human life; it is original and primary with regard to
the educational roles of others, on account of the
uniqueness of the loving relationship between parents
and children; and it is irreplaceable and inalienable,
and therefore incapable of being entirely delegated to
others or usurped by others.”
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“The Church is firmly opposed to an often
widespread form of imparting sex
information dissociated from moral
principles...
Sex education, which is a basic right and
duty of parents, must always be carried
out under their attentive guidance whether
at home or in educational centers chosen
and controlled by them.”
(Familiaris Consortio, 6, 37)
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SEXUAL GUIDELINES
• Outside marriage
• Within marriage
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Outside marriage …
sex outside of marriage is a grave sin
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CCC 2390
2390 … The sexual act must take place
exclusively within marriage. Outside of
marriage it always constitutes a grave sin
and excludes one from sacramental
communion.
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Within marriage…
the spouses do nothing evil
in seeking the pleasure and enjoyment of sex
but they should keep themselves
within the limits of just moderation
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CCC 2362
2362 “The acts in marriage by which the intimate and
chaste union of the spouses takes place are noble and
honorable; the truly human performance of these acts
fosters the self-giving they signify and enriches the
spouses in joy and gratitude.” Sexuality is a source of
joy and pleasure:
The Creator himself . . . established that in the [generative]
function, spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of
body and spirit. Therefore, the spouses do nothing evil in
seeking this pleasure and enjoyment. They accept what the
Creator has intended for them. At the same time, spouses should
know how to keep themselves within the limits of just
moderation.
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SINS AGAINST CHASTITY
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Fornication
Adultery
Masturbation
Pornography
Prostitution
Rape
Homosexual acts
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Fornication
… carnal union between an unmarried man
and an unmarried woman
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CCC 2353
2353 Fornication is carnal union between an
unmarried man and an unmarried
woman…
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Adultery
… it violates the right of the other spouse,
injures marriage bond and compromises
the welfare of the children
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CCC 2381
2381 Adultery is an injustice.
– He who commits adultery fails in his commitment.
– He does injury to the sign of the covenant which the
marriage bond is, transgresses the rights of the other
spouse, and undermines the institution of marriage
by breaking the contract on which it is based.
– He compromises the good of human generation and
the welfare of children who need their parents‘ stable
union.
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Masturbation
… deriving sexual pleasure outside the
marital act
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CCC 2352
2352 By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate
stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual
pleasure.
"Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a
constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful
have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that
masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered
action."
"The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever
reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its
purpose." For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of
"the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral
order and in which the total meaning of mutual selfgiving and human procreation in the context of true love
is achieved."
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CCC 2354
(Pornography)
2354 Pornography consists in removing real
or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy
of the partners, in order to display them
deliberately to third parties…
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CCC 2355
(Prostitution)
2355 Prostitution does injury to the dignity of
the person who engages in it, reducing the
person to an instrument of sexual
pleasure…
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CCC 2356
(Rape)
2356 Rape is the forcible violation of the
sexual intimacy of another person…
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CCC 2357
(Homosexual Acts)
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between
women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual
attraction toward persons of the same sex.
It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in
different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely
unexplained.
Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as
acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that
"homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. "They are contrary to
the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do
not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity.
Under no circumstances can they be approved.
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Church’s stand on homosexuality
– must be accepted with respect, compassion
and sensitivity.
– There is nothing wrong in having homosexual
desire or orientation.
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CCC 2358
2358 The number of men and women who have deepseated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This
inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes
for most of them a trial.
They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and
sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their
regard should be avoided.
These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives
and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the
Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from
their condition.
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Church’s stand on homosexual acts
What is sinful is acting out one’s homosexual
desire i.e. engaging in homosexual act. It is
intrinsically disordered.
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Genesis 19:4–5 & 12-13
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Before they went to bed, all the townsmen of Sodom, both young
and old—all the people to the last man—closed in on the house.
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5They called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came
to your house tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have
intimacies with them.”
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†Then the angels said to Lot: “Who else belongs to you here?
Your sons (sons-in-law) and your daughters and all who belong to
you in the city—take them away from it!
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13We are about to destroy this place, for the outcry reaching the
LORD against those in the city is so great that he has sent us to
destroy it.”
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, & United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). The
New American Bible : Translated from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient
sources and the revised New Testament (Ge 19:11). Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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1 Corinthians 6:9-10
• 9 … Do not be deceived; neither
fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals
• 10 … inherit the kingdom of God.
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Romans 1:26-27
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6… God handed them over to degrading
passions. Their females exchanged natural
relations for unnatural,
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relations with females and burned with lust for
one another. Males did shameful things with
males and thus received in their own persons
the due penalty for their perversity.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
& United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). The New American Bible : Translated
from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources and the revised New Testament (Ro 1:26).
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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1 Timothy 1:9-10
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with the understanding that law is meant not
for a righteous person but for the lawless and
unruly, the godless and sinful, the unholy and
profane, those who kill their fathers or mothers,
murderers,
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kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is
opposed to sound teaching,
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, & United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). The
New American Bible : Translated from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient
sources and the revised New Testament (1 Ti 1:9). Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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Two (2) National Organizations of
Homosexuals
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Courage – an organization to support
each other to live in chastity
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Dignity – an organization to promote
justification and recognition of a
homosexual lifestyle.
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Why marriage should only
be between a man and a woman …
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Genesis 1:27-28
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7God created man in his image; in the divine
image he created him; male and female he
created them.
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multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the
air, and all the living things that move on the
earth.”
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, & United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). The
New American Bible : Translated from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient
sources and the revised New Testament (Ge 1:27). Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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Genesis 2:22-24
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NINTH COMMANDMENT
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Matthew 5:27
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†“You have heard that it was said, ‘You
shall not commit adultery.’ 
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Board of Trustees, Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
& United States Catholic Conference. Administrative Board. (1996, c1986). The New American Bible : Translated
from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources and the revised New Testament (Mt 5:27).
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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The struggle against carnal covetousness
entails purifying the heart and practicing
temperance
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CCC 2517
2517 The heart is the seat of moral
personality:
"Out of the heart come evil thoughts,
murder, adultery, fornication. . . ."
The struggle against carnal covetousness
entails purifying the heart and practicing
temperance …
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Lust seeks the pleasure
apart from the purpose
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CCC 2351
2351 Lust is disordered desire for or
inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure.
Sexual pleasure is morally disordered
when sought for itself, isolated from its
procreative and unitive purposes.
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Coveting distinguished from Concupiscence
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CCC 2515
2515 Etymologically, "concupiscence" can refer to any
intense form of human desire.
Christian theology has given it a particular meaning: the
movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the
operation of the human reason.
The apostle St. Paul identifies it with the rebellion of the
"flesh" against the "spirit.“
Concupiscence stems from the disobedience of the first
sin. It unsettles man's moral faculties and, without being
in itself an offense, inclines man to commit sins.
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The 9th commandment forbids
carnal concupiscence (CCC 2514)
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Purity requires modesty
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Modesty
… is a virtue which moves a person to
abstain from any actions, words, or looks
which are likely to arouse the sexual
appetite in oneself or in others.
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CCC 2521
2521 Purity requires modesty, an integral
part of temperance. Modesty protects the
intimate center of the person. It means
refusing to unveil what should remain
hidden.
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CCC 2522
Modesty is decency. It inspires one's choice
of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve
where there is evident risk of unhealthy
curiosity. It is discreet.
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SINS AGAINST PROCREATION
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Artificial Contraception
Artificial Insemination & Fertilization
Genetic manipulation
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Artificial Contraception
(Sex Without Babies)
… it is evil
because it prevents
an act of God
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Artificial contraception is the deliberate attempt to
suppress the procreative part of the sexual act.
It includes the use of:
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condoms
diaphragms
Spermicides
birth-control pills,
IUDs products like depo-provera (injected drug that
works like birth-control pills),
– norplant (similar to depo-provera but is implanted
under the skin in the form of pellets)
– RU-486 which actually abort the fetus but is being
promoted as birth-control pills. It may also be in the
form of sterilization i.e. tubal ligation and vasectomy.
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CCC 2366
2366 … So the Church, which is "on the side of
life," teaches that "it is necessary that each and
every marriage act remain ordered per se to the
procreation of human life."
"This particular doctrine, expounded on numerous
occasions by the Magisterium, is based on the
inseparable connection, established by God, which
man on his own initiative may not break, between the
unitive significance and the procreative significance
which are both inherent to the marriage act."
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Regulation of procreation
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CCC 2368
2368 A particular aspect of this responsibility
concerns the regulation of procreation. For
just reasons, spouses may wish to space
the births of their children.
It is their duty to make certain that their
desire is not motivated by selfishness but
is in conformity with the generosity
appropriate to responsible parenthood.
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CCC 2370
2370 Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth
regulation based on self-observation and the use of
infertile periods, is in conformity with the objective criteria
of morality.
These methods respect the bodies of the spouses,
encourage tenderness between them, and favor the
education of an authentic freedom.
In contrast, "every action which, whether in anticipation of
the conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, or in the
development of its natural consequences, proposes,
whether as an end or as a means, to render procreation
impossible" is intrinsically evil …
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Legitimate birth control
through “Natural Family Planning
may take advantage
of God’s naturally designed infertile periods
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Artificial Insemination &
Fertilization
(Babies Without Sex)
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Heterologous
Homologous
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Heterologous
… artificial insemination
(donation of sperm or ovum,
surrogate uterus)
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CCC 2376
2376 Techniques that entail the dissociation of
husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person
other than the couple (donation of sperm or
ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral.
These techniques (heterologous artificial
insemination and fertilization) infringe the child's
right to be born of a father and mother known to
him and bound to each other by marriage. They
betray the spouses' "right to become a father
and a mother only through each other."
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CCC 2377
Homologous Artificial Insemination
2377 Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial
insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain
morally unacceptable.
They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act. The act which brings
the child into existence is no longer an act by which two persons give
themselves to one another, but one that "entrusts the life and identity of the
embryo into the power of doctors and biologists and establishes the
domination of technology over the origin and destiny of the human person.
Such a relationship of domination is in itself contrary to the dignity and equality
that must be common to parents and children." "Under the moral aspect
procreation is deprived of its proper perfection when it is not willed as the
fruit of the conjugal act, that is to say, of the specific act of the spouses'
union. . . . Only respect for the link between the meanings of the conjugal
act and respect for the unity of the human being make possible procreation
in conformity with the dignity of the person."
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Donum Vitae
… having a child is a gift, not a right
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CCC 2275
(Genetic Manipulation )
2375 Research aimed at reducing human
sterility is to be encouraged, on condition
that it is placed "at the service of the
human person, of his inalienable rights,
and his true and integral good according to
the design and will of God."
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Genetic Manipulation
… it is a total perversion of procreation to
produce “designer genes or to resort to
human cloning
… fixing genetic flaws for therapeutic
purposes is ok
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