Category Archives: Sacraments

Divorce and ‘the case of fornication’

Posted on 15 January 2011 by Ron Conte

Fornication is usually defined as sexual relations between two persons who are unmarried (CCC, n. 2353). Using this definition, adultery would be distinct from fornication. Jesus uses the term fornication, in other passages of the Gospels, with this usual definition … Continue reading →

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On Celibacy, Continence, Chastity

Posted on 29 December 2010 by Ron Conte

“Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades.” (Catholic Encyclopedia, Celibacy of the Clergy) Celibacy is … Continue reading →

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marital sexual ethics

Posted on 27 December 2010 by Ron Conte

Ethics concerns knowingly chosen acts. When a human person makes a choice with the free will, based on knowledge in the intellect, that choice is subject to the eternal moral law. Every knowing choice is an act, and every act … Continue reading →

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Cafeteria Protestants

Posted on 25 September 2010 by Ron Conte

The term ‘cafeteria Catholics’ refers to persons who call themselves Catholic but who pick and choose which teachings of the Catholic Faith they will believe, and which they will reject. The problem among Catholics is currently very extensive. Most Catholics … Continue reading →

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