CHAPTER 13

VOCABULARY

• Chastity:the virtue of ordering sexual pleasures according to the 6th and 9th Commandments
• Celibacy:abstention from sexual relations
• Impurity: the sexual pleasure in thought or action that is against the 6th and 9th Commandments
• " So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female
• he created them." Gen. 1:27

WHAT DOES THE 6TH COMMANDMENT REQUIRE?

• This commandment says that we are to have respects for ourselves and for others.
• We are required to use the Sixth Commandment to giude our actions.
• Protecting our purity is another requirement of the Sixth Commandment.
• "God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it."
• Gen. 1:28

WHAT DOES THE 6TH COMMANDMENT FORBID?

• Impurity is against the sixth commandment.
• Having indecent books, video games, etc. are against the 6th Commandment.
• Using our sexual powers in the wrong way is also forbidden by the 6th Commandment.
• "You shall not commit adultry." Ex. 20:14

WHAT DOES THE 9TH COMMANDMENT REQUIRE?

• We are required to have respect for those in married life and the family.
• We are called to cooperate with God's plan that he has for us.
• Human shouldn't be envious of what our neighbors have, we should be happy.
• You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female
• servant,his ox or donkey,or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Ex. 20:17

WHAT DOES THE 9TH COMMANDMENT FORBID?

• Impurity is against the Ninth Commandment.
• This commandment forbids us from having bad thoughts or desires.
• The 9th Commandment forbids us from being unchaste.
• "but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep
• my commandments." Ex. 20:6