# Chastity ## Ignatius Catholic Study Bible **Chastity** Purity: [[2-corinthians-06#^2-corinthians-06-6|2 Cor 6:6]]; [[2-corinthians-11#^2-corinthians-11-2|11:2]]; [[1-timothy-04#^1-timothy-04-12|1 Tim 4:12]] Self-control: [[1-corinthians-07#^1-corinthians-07-5|1 Cor 7:5, 9]]; [[1-thessalonians-04#^1-thessalonians-04-3|1 Thess 4:3-8]] *See also* [[adultery]]; [[fornication]]; [[source-index/sexual-sin|Sexual Sin]] ### Sources [[index-of-doctrines|Index of Doctrines]] ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The moral virtue which, under the cardinal virtue of temperance, provides for the successful integration of sexuality within the person leading to the inner unity of the bodily and spiritual being ([[3.2.2.6.p85#^ccc-2337|2337]]). Chastity is called one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit ([[3.1.1.7.p67#^ccc-1832|1832]]). ## Vatican II - chastity (religious vow) — "which religious profess should be counted an outstanding gift of grace" — [[perfectae-caritatis#^pc-12|PC ¶12]] ## Divine Intimacy - Souls consecrated to God obliged to perfect —: [[75-vocation#Meditation 1|75,1]]; - vow of perfect —: [[88-chastity#Meditation 2|88,2]]; - vow of -~ does not condemn souls to a sterile life, but uniting them to God, opens to them the sublime fruitfulness of the apostolate: [[88-chastity#Meditation 2|88,2]]; - the vow of — does not liberate the soul from temptations and struggles: [[89-modesty#Meditation 1|89,1]]; - required of every Christian in conformity with his state of life: [[88-chastity#Meditation 1|88,1]]; - of body, not sufficient, ‘should include that of heart and thoughts: [[88-chastity#Meditation 1|88,1]]; - of heart: [[90-chastity-of-heart#Meditation 1|90,1]], [[90-chastity-of-heart#Meditation 2|90,2]]; - modesty, custodian of —: [[89-modesty#Meditation 1|89,1]], [[89-modesty#Meditation 2|89,2]]. ### Sources - [[75-vocation|75. Vocation]] - [[88-chastity|88. Chastity]] - [[89-modesty|89. Modesty]] - [[90-chastity-of-heart|90. Chastity of Heart]] --- ## Carmelite Charism Chastity, as the Secular Carmelite promises to live it, is the freedom to love God above all else and one's neighbor with God's own love—a commitment in personal and social dimensions, whatever one's state of life. ### Constitutions - The promise of evangelical perfection in the spirit of the counsels — [[05-03-constitutions#^ocds-c-11|Art. 11]] - The promise of chastity — [[05-03-constitutions#^ocds-c-13|Art. 13]] - Optional private vow — [[05-03-constitutions#^ocds-c-39|Art. 39]] ### Formation and study - [[f1b-session-11|Session 11: The Promise in the Spirit of the Evangelical Counsels and the Beatitudes]] — Formation I Year B ### See also [[poverty|Poverty]] · [[obedience|Obedience]] · [[beatitudes|Beatitudes]] · [[virtue|Virtue]] · [[virtues-theological|Theological Virtues]]