02 September 2007

Purity of Heart, Part 2

  1. Sexual attraction is a call to what?
  2. How does lust redirect sexual desire?
  3. How is it possible to commit adultery within marriage?
  4. How can we as Christians become pure of heart?
  5. What does Manichaeism say about the human body and sexuality?
  6. Where does Jesus locate sin?
  7. What do Jesus’ words about lust affirm?
  8. Match the three kinds of lust with the views of Nietzsche, Marx and Freud.
  9. What is the difference between the views of Nietzsche, Marx and Freud and the Biblical view of man?
  10. Define eros and ethos.
  11. What must we do in order to respond to Christ’s message of purity?
  12. Why can love flourish only where there is purity of heart?
  13. What makes a person pure or impure?
  14. Where is the battleground between purity and impurity?
  15. How can we develop a disposition of purity?
  16. Where does Christ’s saving work begin?
  17. How is self-control essential?
  18. What does living by the flesh bring? Living by the Spirit?
  19. What does St. Paul say is the opposite of true freedom?
  20. Explain the negative and positive poles of purity.
  21. Why should we honor the body?
  22. How does St. Paul urge us to restore order in our lives?
  23. According to St Paul, what doe sexual sins violate? How?
  24. What happened to the human body when the Word became flesh?
  25. What does a Christian do by accepting the Holy Spirit?
  26. How is purity both a virtue and a gift?
  27. How did God inscribe His love in the human body?
  28. How can we receive the gift of ourselves?
  29. What task has the Creator given us all?
  30. How does science treat the body?
  31. What is the role of art in encouraging purity of heart?
  32. When does art become a lie?
  33. Why must we oppose pornography?
  34. What is essential for fostering a healthy culture?
  35. According to the Theology of the Body, why is sex outside of marriage immoral?

No comments: