In Catholicism, what does it mean to be chaste within a marriage?

Question

In Catholicism, what does it mean to be chaste within a marriage?

Answer 1

It means to save s*x for your partner. No extramarital s*x.

Answer 2

Does that mean the Italian Chandelier trick is out of the question?  =)

Answer 3

It means to be pure and have good intentions within the marriage. However, it could also mean to be celibate..it depends.

Answer 4

To be continent. To not engage in sexual activities with others in action or thought. To be faithful

Answer 5

by only have s*x for procreation.

Answer 6

From how he complains about it, it probably means being married to my best friend's wife.

Answer 7

Chastity within a marriage means to be faithful to your spouse and commit no adultery.

Judeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years that it is God's will that:

• Single people should be celibate.

• Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).

The Catholic Church recognizes the power of s*x when it teaches, "Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person in the unity of his body and soul."

Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person. A chaste person's body and spirit lives in unity and opposes any behavior that would impair that unity.

The Catholic Church does not have an official stance which types of s*x are allowable when a man and woman are married as long as it is consensual and done in moderation.

The purpose of s*x is to bring a husband and wife closer and to create human life.

Anyone who commits adultery

• Does injury to the sign of the covenant which the marriage bond is

• Transgresses the rights of the other spouse

• Undermines the institution of marriage by breaking the contract on which it is based

• Compromises the welfare of children who need their parents' stable union.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2337 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3s...

With love in Christ.

Answer 8

To be chaste within marriage is to be pure and to experience marriage the way God intended it to be.

One man for one woman, for a life time.

Pure in thought and deed, to respect each other and treat each other with kindness.

To raise any children, born into the family, in the Church.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

To protect one's chastity is to not have s*x.  being chaste within marriage is to be married but to not have s*x with anyone, not even your spouse.  This was previously technically required by the Church in infertile couples, and some married saints chose to give up s*x within their lifetimes, thus living chaste within marriage.