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Offenses against chastity
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Contra castitatem offensae |
2351
Lust
is
disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure. Sexual
pleasure is morally disordered when sought for itself, isolated from its
procreative and unitive purposes. |
2351
Luxuria est inordinata cupiditas vel intemperans delectatio
voluptatis venereae. Voluptas sexualis moraliter est inordinata, cum per
se ipsam quaeritur, a procreationis et unionis dissociata finibus. |
2352
By masturbation
is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs
in order to derive sexual pleasure. “Both the Magisterium of the Church,
in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful
have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that
masturbation is an
intrinsically and gravely disordered action” (CDF, Persona humana 9). “The
deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of
marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose.” For here sexual
pleasure is sought outside of “the sexual relationship which is demanded
by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving
and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved” (CDF, Persona humana 9).
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2352
Masturbationis nomine intelligere oportet voluntariam organorum
genitalium excitationem, ad obtinendam ex ea veneream voluptatem. «
Revera tum Ecclesiae Magisterium — per decursum constantis traditionis
— tum moralis christifidelium sensus sine dubitatione firmiter tenent
masturbationem esse actum intrinsece graviterque inordinatum
». «
Quaecumque est ipsa agendi causa, deliberatus usus facultatis sexualis
extra rectum coniugale commercium essentialiter eius fini contradicit ».
Delectatio sexualis tunc quaeritur extra relationem sexualem, « quae
ordine morali postulatur, quae nempe ad effectum deducit integrum sensum
mutuae donationis ac humanae procreationis in contextu veri amoris ».
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To form an equitable judgment about the subjects’
moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into
account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of
anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even
reduce to a minimum, moral culpability. |
Ad aequum iudicium de
responsabilitate morali subiectorum efformandum et ad pastoralem actionem
recte ducendam, perpendentur immaturitas affectiva, vis habituum
contractorum, angustiae status vel alia elementa psychica vel socialia,
quae possunt moralem minuere, fortasse etiam ad minimum reducere,
culpabilitatem. |
Chastity and homosexuality
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Castitas et homosexualitas |
2357
Homosexuality
refers to relations between men or between women who experience an
exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex.
It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in
different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.
Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts
of grave depravity
(Cf. Gen 191-29; Rom 124-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10), tradition
has always declared that “homosexual acts are
intrinsically
disordered”
(CDF, Persona humana 8). They are contrary to the natural law. They close
the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine
affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be
approved. |
2357 Homosexualitas relationes designat inter viros vel mulieres qui sexualem experiuntur allectationem exclusive vel praevalenter erga eiusdem sexus personas. Per saecula et culturas, formas induit valde diversas. Eius psychica origo manet magna ex parte non explicata. Traditio, sacra nitens Scriptura, quae eos tamquam graves depravationes praesentat, 238 semper declaravit « actus homosexualitatis suapte intrinseca natura esse inordinatos ». 239 Legi naturali sunt contrarii. Actum sexualem dono praecludunt vitae. E vera complementaritate affectiva et sexuali non procedunt. Nullo in casu possent accipere approbationem. |
2358
The number of
men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not
negligible. This inclination, which is objectively
disordered, constitutes
for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion,
and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard
should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in
their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the
Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. |
2358
Virorum et mulierum numerus non exiguus tendentias homosexuales praesentat
profunde radicatas. Haec propensio, obiective
inordinata, pro maiore eorum
parte constituit probationem. Excipiendi sunt observantia, compassione et
suavitate. Relate ad eos vitandum est quodlibet iniustae discriminationis
signum. Hae personae vocantur ad voluntatem Dei in sua vita efficiendam,
et, si ipsae christianae sunt, ad coniungendas cum Sacrificio crucis
Domini difficultates quas in facto suae condicionis possunt invenire. |
2359
Homosexual
persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach
them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they
can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection. |
2359 Personae homosexuales ad castitatem vocantur. Ipsae, dominii virtutibus quae libertatem educant interiorem, quandoque amicitiae gratuitae auxilio, oratione et gratia sacramentali, possunt et debent ad perfectionem christianam gradatim et obfirmate appropinquare. |
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