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> CHAPTER 4 > What Are the Instruments of Good Works > [...] > 63. To love chastity.
by qntty 6y ago
> CHAPTER 4
> What Are the Instruments of Good Works
> [...]
> 63. To love chastity.
- copperwater69 6y agoThanks, I just used ctrl+f to find celibacy and was surprised. Didn't think of synonyms.
- elwell 6y agoAFAIK, chastity most often refers to abstinence prior to marriage, not the exclusion of marriage.
- baud147258 6y agofrom what I remember of my catechism, the chastity would depends on one's state (single/widower, married, cleric). So for single persons, priest, monks => abstinence, married => fidelity to the spouse
- 8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y agoThough iirc from my (orthodox) catechism st benedict predates the western christian tradition of unmarried clergy. Monks would have been celibate always though I think.
- dragonwriter 6y agoChastity refers to abstinence other than within the bounds of marriage, not just before marriage.