By Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Peggy Walsh - Sarnecki and Kristi Tanner - White of the Detroit Free Press
By Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Peggy Walsh - Sarnecki and Kristi Tanner - White of the Detroit Free Press Second - grade teacher Eileen Seawood supervises a writing assignment at George Washington Carver Academy last...
By poverty he immolates his exterior possessions;
by chastity he immolates his body; by obedience he completes the sacrifice, and gives to God all that he yet holds as his own, his two most precious goods, his intellect and his will.
Sexual drives, then, need to be purified
by chastity and elevated to the truly personal level if they are to fulfill their proper social role.
Not exact matches
It only makes it all the more urgent for young people to be told the truth that sexual promiscuity, whether homosexual or heterosexual, may endanger their lives, that condoms are
by no means a foolproof way to avoid that risk, and that
chastity is the best defense.
My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton's Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook - up culture on college campuses:
by arguing for
chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds.
When the dust has settled, if it does settle, we will be doing something more comprehensive on the «heresy trial» of retired Episcopal Bishop Walter C. Righter for having violated church order
by ordaining a homosexual not pledged to
chastity.
She does this
by conforming herself entirely to the Person of Jesus Christ through vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience.
In return for the individual's fulfillment of his obligations, the community is required
by Islam to protect the individual's life and property, and to safeguard the
chastity of his womenfolk.
But
chastity's call is much broader, and the new Thrill highlights that
by addressing both men and women, and not just singles.
In fairly short order, a community of laymen, lay women and priests dedicated to Our Lady were given permission
by the Church to live together in poverty,
chastity and obedience.
As such it requires a degree of maturity, both spiritual and psychological, in the individual undertaking it; she must have lived long enough as a virgin in adulthood to be «serene in the practice of
chastity by which she is able to fulfil her resolve to remain in the virginal state over a lifetime» (Archbishop Burke op cit para 17).
By properly defining celibacy and
chastity, the authors present a healthy and freeing framework for the Christian single and married alike.
Such questions may arise because people confuse the vocation of consecrated virginity with the taking of vows of celibate
chastity by religious and the consecration to celibacy of the secular priesthood.
Chastity, before marriage or in marriage, is ridiculed; only fools would try to hold
by it.
She insisted that it would be «disastrous» for a single woman to make a vow of
chastity simply because she was unwed and thereby forbidden
by the church to engage in sexual relations («Virginity is More Than Singleness,» Catholic World, September, 1960) Like Augustine, Dohen asserted that intentionality is crucial to the vocation of the consecrated virgin.
She has been taught a thousand times
by her parents and her Church leaders the virtue of
chastity.
In 1999, we are no longer reduced to «guessing» whether he was inspired or speaking only as a man: • adultery has lost its moral significance and become commonplace; •
chastity has become a symbol of unhealthy development; • contraception in expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced
by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitous.
Strive for a pattern of life truly marked
by charity,
chastity, and humility in imitation of Christ, the eternal high priest, of whom you are to become living icons.»
The doctrine of grace gives us grounds to hope that we may in fact keep the commandments fully if we call upon God for help and co-operate with his assistance
by exercising modesty,
by keeping custody of the eyes,
by avoiding impure conversations and
by using all the other means traditionally employed in support of
chastity.
Education for
chastity, on the other hand, can teach boys to grow to be «real men», offer them a noble understanding of their own masculine sexual identity, and give them a chance to avoid falling into the cycle of sexual addiction offered
by pornography on their camera phones and computers.
Some most flagrant and wicked desires are allowed free play at present
by the secret judgment of God... Moreover, it is possible that those Christian women, who are unconscious of any undue pride on account of their virtuous
chastity, whereby they sinlessly suffered the violence of their captors, had yet some lurking infirmity which might have betrayed them into a proud and contemptuous bearing, had they not been subjected to the humiliation that befell them in the taking of the city [Whitney J. Oates, editor, Basic Writings of Saint Augustine, vol.
At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men
by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and
chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.
This subject must be presented only in terms of
chastity, health and the truth about human sexuality in its relationship to the family as taught
by the Church.»
You all remember his half - pagan, half - Christian bringing up at Carthage, his emigration to Rome and Milan, his adoption of Manicheism and subsequent skepticism, and his restless search for truth and purity of life; and finally how, distracted
by the struggle between the two souls in his breast, and ashamed of his own weakness of will, when so many others whom he knew and knew of had thrown off the shackles of sensuality and dedicated themselves to
chastity and the higher life, he heard a voice in the garden say, «Sume, lege» (take and read), and opening the Bible at random, saw the text, «not in chambering and wantonness,» etc., which seemed directly sent to his address, and laid the inner storm to rest forever.
As a young man he distinguished himself
by his refined manners, his extreme shyness, his absolute
chastity, and his avoidance of the easy pleasures pursued
by other young men of his community.
Sex education or
chastity education: Church teaching and civil law human nature, is unsound... there are many who advocate and promote a method called
by the unpleasant name of «sex education».
It has long been held that sexual virtue requires
chastity and marriage, that the reproductive flourishing of human beings is best accomplished
by spouses committed to one another and to their children, and that actions which frustrate this flourishing — adultery, abandonment, and so on — are for that reason both irrational and immoral.
Israel was thus vowed to God in poverty,
chastity and obedience: in the denial of empire and power, in the purity of her marriage covenant that did not permit her to go after any other religion, and in the fidelity of her worship
by an unwavering revealed Faith.
Temperance in meat and drink, simplicity of apparel,
chastity, and non-pampering of the body generally, may be fruits of the love of purity, shocked
by whatever savors of the sensual.
If Pope Francis is right that contextualizing our moral discourse is a necessary prerequisite to being found convincing — or even intelligible —
by our interlocutors, then abandoning heteronormativity and resurrecting our own tradition of familial - teleological
chastity is the only way to adequately explain Christian sexual ethics.
Title XX — the «
chastity» law — passed
by Congress in 1981 provides funds to groups, including certain church groups, that support programs of sexual abstinence among youth.
On another occasion Holmer angered his California audience
by exalting
chastity, condemning adultery and quoting Plato to support his case.
What I was trying to argue in my article was this: the celibacy to which some are called
by special vocation and the
chastity to which all are called
by baptism are not two distinct things.
In 1539 under authority of Henry Parliament passed a statement endorsing transubstantiation, the celibacy of the clergy, private masses, the observance of the vows of
chastity taken
by men and women, and auricular concession, and declaring that Communion in both kinds was not necessary.
The texts flowed, The Persons related
by Consanguinity and Affinity who are Forbidden to marry
by Scripture (1522), The Estate of Marriage (1522), An Exhortation to the Knights of the Teutonic Order that they lay aside False
Chastity and assume True Wedlock (1523), That Parents should neither compel nor hinder the Marriage of their Children and That Children should not become engaged without their Parents» Consent (1524).
A practice that is so clearly contrary to the virtue of
chastity, personalism and the language of the body should be emphatically rejected
by West (as it is
by Smith herself), not tentatively discouraged.
In fact, an entire discourse was written on salads in 1698
by John Evelyn, who allowed, «By reason of its soporiferous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues, the principal foundation of the universal tribe of salads, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties» (which included a beneficial effect on morals, temperance, and chastity
by John Evelyn, who allowed, «
By reason of its soporiferous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues, the principal foundation of the universal tribe of salads, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties» (which included a beneficial effect on morals, temperance, and chastity
By reason of its soporiferous quality, lettuce ever was, and still continues, the principal foundation of the universal tribe of salads, which is to cool and refresh, besides its other properties» (which included a beneficial effect on morals, temperance, and
chastity).
• Adalyn - American name constructed
by combining Ada and Lynn • Eimear — Irish name pronounced ee - mer meaning she possesses «Six Gifts of Womanhood» beauty, a gentle voice, sweet words, wisdom, needlework and
chastity.
Women are seen as sexually voracious and therefore as the source of chaos and disorder, or they are placed on a pedestal of
chastity by denying that they have sexual feelings at all.
The law of
chastity is a moral code defined
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints (LDS Church).
It was a strong year for guitar rock, the best of it coming from relatively younger bands dominated
by women: Jay Som, Charly Bliss, Vagabon, Waxahatchee, Diet Cig, Palehound,
Chastity Belt, Girlpool, Daddy Issues, Partner.
Mormons for Agency advocates that comprehensive sex education, including discussions on consent, should be taught side
by side with the law of
chastity.
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Across this side of the room is strung a washing line from which hang five
chastity belts into which art nouveau patterns
by Hector Guimard are cut.
Terminal and the Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University are pleased to announce the launch of
Chastity and The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft
by Angela Washko.
Sometimes, this vow of aesthetic
chastity, made
by the Conceptual artist Douglas Huebler in the late 1960's, makes a lot of sense.
Taking inspiration from the majesty and strength of samurai armor as well as the vulnerable sensuality suggested
by women's undergarments, Mari Ogihara creates ceramic
chastity belts and female figures alluding to corporeal desire and implied violence.
- We observed that our CAGW scare - mongering, peer - reviewed, sanctimonious authority - figures never chose to LEAD
BY PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND FROM THE FRONT in the fight against demon - carbon but always seemed to have a hot - babe, CO2 succubus or two or three on the side (and quite brazen about the whole deal) even as they demanded carbon -
chastity for us peasants.