chapter 6 vocabulary

Question 1

abstinence

Answer 1

refraining from eating meat on days and times when fasting is required on special feats, such as Ash Wednesday and Lent

Question 2

adultery

Answer 2

marital infidelity where at least one of whom is in a marriage/committed relationship and has sexual relations with another outside of a committed relationship

Question 3

annulment

Answer 3

an ecclesiastical tribunal or Church court may declare a valid sacramental marriage with a baptized man and a baptized woman to be “null and void” when it is declared not authentic

Question 4

capital sins

Answer 4

the seven deadly sins, also referred to as Cardinal Sins (lust, greed, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony, anger)

Question 5

celibacy

Answer 5

a state of those who have chosen to remain unmarried for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven in order to give themselves entirely to God and to the service of His People

Question 6

chastity

Answer 6

a moral virtue that empowers us to value and respect our sexuality and “put into practice God’s plan for the body, person, and sexuality”

Question 7

cohabitation/concubinage/free unions

Answer 7

several types of intimate relationships between a man and a woman; partners chose to live together without being married and remain “free” from entering a full marriage commitment

Question 8

divorce

Answer 8

a civil declaration freeing a person from the legal obligations of a civil marriage; does not free persons from a valid marriage before God; remarriage is not valid

Question 9

Fruits on the Holy Spirit

Answer 9

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity

Question 10

holiness

Answer 10

a state of goodness in which a person lives in communion with God and with the help of God’s grace, and the action of the Holy Spirit and a life of prayer is freed from sin and evil

Question 11

homosexuality

Answer 11

sexual attraction or orientation toward persons of the same sex and sexual acts between persons of the same sex; morally wrong because it violates God’s purpose for human sexual activity

Question 12

incest

Answer 12

the intimate relations between relatives or in-laws; corrupts family life and devalues those who commit this sin

Question 13

lust

Answer 13

a capital sin that is an excessive desire for earthly pleasures, particularly sexual desires

Question 14

marriage

Answer 14

1.) Sacrament called ‘Matrimony’ in which a man and woman enter a covenant with each other in an intimate communion of life and love
2.) by its nature, they commit to procreate

Question 15

modesty

Answer 15

1.) is a virtue and a Fruit of the Holy Spirit connected to respect and reverence
2.) a modest person dresses, speaks, and acts in a manner that supports and encourages purity and chastity

Question 16

monogamy

Answer 16

the state of being married to only one spouse

Question 17

polygamy

Answer 17

the practice of having more than one wife at the same time which offends against the dignity of a woman

Question 18

sexuality (human)

Answer 18

is a God-given gift of being a man or a woman; the man woman partnership is an image of God the Creator, who is Love

Question 19

temperance

Answer 19

the virtue by which one moderates the desire for the attainment of an pleasure in earthly goods

Question 20

Theology of the Body

Answer 20

1) Taught by Blessed John Paul II about the goodness and sacredness of the human body and its role in our expressing and sharing our truest and most intimate self.
2) Our sexuality exceeds our physical attributes and includes the totality of our sexual emotions feelings
and desires.
3) Our spiritual and immortal soul is the source of our unity as a person.
4) All our desires for what is good, includes our sexual desires, are rooted in and connected inseparably with
our desire for the life with and in God.