Created for Love & Love Defined (CH1&2) | Naked w/out Shame & Hope & Redemption in Christ (CH3&4) | Truth & Freedom / Language of the Body (CH5&6) | FTFF / Marriage / Celibacy & Religious Life (CH7-9) | Finding your Vocation / Dating with Purpose & Purity (CH10-11) |
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What is Theology of the Body?
The study of God and purpose of our existence, as discovered and revealed through our bodies.
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What is "Naked without Shame"?
Nakedness that exists within the context of innocence and pure freedom, apart from lust. (What Adam & Eve experienced before the Fall)
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What is God?
Omniscient (All knowing)
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What is Free, Total, Faithful, Fruitful?
FTFF
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What is Discernment of God's Plan?
Listening for the voice of God through prayer and the counsel of others in an effort to discover His desire for our lives.
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What is Original Sin?
The first sin of mankind against God
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What is Pride?
The root of all moral evil in the world.
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What is Freedom?
Ability to desire and choose the good.
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What is Contraception?
Every action before, during, or after sexual intercourse that deliberately attempts to impede its procreative potential.
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What is Vocation?
The call that God speaks to each of us asking us to live for Him and love Him in a particular way in a particular state of life.
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What is Love?
An act of will that consists of preferring, in a constant manner, the good of others to the good of oneself.
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What is the Trinity?
A communion of persons, a family of Love (The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit)
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What is Pornography?
Sexually-explicit depiction of persons created in order to cause the arousal of lust on the part of the observer.
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What is Natural Family Planning (NFP)?
Effective, natural, and moral methods for achieving or postponing pregnancy.
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What is Grace?
Gift from God that helps us grow more like Him.
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What is Communion of Persons?
Created when two or more persons give themselves to one another in love.
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What is Sacrament of Reconciliation?
Cleanses us from sins through Christ's loving mercy and gives us strength to start anew.
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What is Nicene Creed?
The most widely-accepted statement of Christian faith adopted at the Council of Nicaea in A.D.325.
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What is Agape?
Greek term for unconditional and sacrificial love: the type of love with which God loves us.
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What is the point of dating?
To find a spouse.
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What is Chastity?
A virtue that directs all our sexual desires, emotions, and attractions toward the dignity of the person and the real meaning of love.
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What is Spiritualized Body?
The human body not only as living with a soul, but also being a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, through the grace of redemption.
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What is the Crucifix?
Pre-eminent symbol of love.
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What is Celibacy (for the Kingdom)?
A choice to "skip" the marriage of earth to devote oneself entirely to the marriage of heaven.
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What is Virtue of Chastity?
Someone who respects, protects, and saves sex precisely because it's so valuable, beautiful, and wonderful.
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