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Theology of the Body
Unit 6 and 7 vocab
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
05/03/2010

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Anthropolgy
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The overall study of man and what it means to be a human person
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Contraception
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Every action before, during, or after sexual intercourse that deliberately attempts to imeded its procreative potential. Intrinsically evil and unacceptable
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"Faithful" Love
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Love that is committed. this commitment guides all other actions. You keep your promises once wyou have made them, no matter how your feelings may change
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"Free Love"
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Love that is not controlled or manipulated by another person or by a disordered desire. No one is forcing you to love. You love freely because you want to
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"Fruitful Love"
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Love that is life-giving because it is free, total, and faithful. It is open to procreation in the physical realm and is life-giving in the spiritual and emotional realm as well
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Homosexual Acts
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Actions of genital stimulation with a person of the same sex. "intrinsically disordered" contrary to natural law
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Homosexuality
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The attraction that a man or woman has to a member of the same sex. Not disordered and not sinful in and of itself
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Humanae Vitae
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Pope Paul IV's 1968 encyclical on human life. It is most famous for its clear and definitive teaching of why contraception is immoral and sinful
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In persona Christi
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the Latin phrase which means "in the person of Christ", describes the identity and actions of a priest, particuarly when he celebrates the sacraments
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Mary's Fiat
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The Blessed Virgin Mary's "Yes" to the Lord, which demonstrated her faithful obedience to God's will
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Masturbation
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Trains a person in selfishness as opposed to faithfulness...gravely disordered action
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Natural Law
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The law or purpose that God has "written" naturally into the hearts, minds, and bodies of men and women
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One Flesh Union
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the loving embrace of a married couple through sexual intercourse in which they become one flesh
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"Total" Love
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Love without strings attatched that holds nothing back. You make a gift of yourself to another
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Ethos of the image
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the responsibility of every artist to represent persons with dignity, especially through the depiction of the human body in art form
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Ethos of Seeing
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The responsibility of all viewers of the human body portrayed in art, to see humans as persons with dignity, not objects to be lustfully desired
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Fornication
Definition
Having sex outside of marriage
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Language of the Body
Definition
The capability of the body to speak its own language and to communicate without words
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Language of Love
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Generally speaking, the words that speak truth and compassion, especially regarding the body (truth and totality of self communicated through the body during sex)
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Objectify
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To treat someone as a thing rather than as a person through actions that disregard his or her inherent dignity as a human being
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Pornography
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The sexually explicit depiction of persons, in words or images, created in order to cause the arousal of lust on the part of the observer
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