Session 6

Book III Christian Behavior

5.  Sexual Morality

          i.  What Chastity is Not

-not to be confused with modesty

          ii.  What Chastity Is

-Definition: Either marry with complete fidelity to your partner, or remain totally abstinent.

iii.  What Has Gone Wrong?

-our wrong sexual excesses, the presence of perversions, attempts to rid ourselves of inhibitions

          iv.  Help for Troubled Sexuality

                   Two  Difficulties

-Resisting seem abnormal

                   -Its feels impossible

          “We may, indeed, be sure that perfect chastity-...”  (III. 5.12)

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