Christian Ethics & Chastity (October 16th)

Question 1

Jesus on 2 kinds of chastity

Answer 1

Chaste marriage

Chaste mind

Question 2

4 core principles of paul’s sex ethic

Answer 2

Abstain from sexual immorality
Get married if it is necessary to that task
Honor marriage by taking advantage of no one
God judges sexual immorality

Question 3

Aquinas

Answer 3

Integration of sexual appetite, not elimination

Question 4

Martin Luther

Answer 4

On “wicked lust of flesh” : conjugal obligation, not reprehensible in marriage; mortal sin in all cases outside of marriage

Question 5

Calvin

Answer 5

Marriage as a covenant
Remain chaste in eyes and heart
Fornication: sin against the body of christ
Sex as satisfaction of lust in marriage is wrong, but not a vice

Question 6

Adrian Thatcher

Answer 6

Abstaining from sexual immorality is unrealistic

Heterosexual presumption is too narrow

Question 7

2 kinds of love (Thatcher)

Answer 7

Agape - self- sacrificial

Eros - self fulfillment

Question 8

Vision of eros

Answer 8

mutual and connected society against oppression

Question 9

Dangers of eros

Answer 9

Sanctifies the modern
Authenticity = free will
Narrows context to one

Question 10

Woodhead (question)

Answer 10

can sexuality be contained?

Question 11

Woodhead’s ethic is

Answer 11

Christian