Editing Chastity (section)

====Traditions====

In many [[Christianity|Christian]] traditions, chastity is synonymous with [[Virtue|purity]]. The [[Catholic Church]] teaches that chastity involves, in the words of cardinal bishop [[Alfonso López Trujillo]], "the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being",<ref>{{cite web| first1=Alfonso|last1=López Trujillo|first2=Elio|last2=Sgreccia| url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_family_doc_08121995_human-sexuality_en.html| title = The truth and meaning of human sexuality – Guidelines for Education within the Family|date= 8 December 1995}}</ref> which according to one's marital status requires either having no sexual relationship, or only having sexual relations with one's spouse. In [[Western Christian]] morality, chastity is placed opposite the [[Seven deadly sins|deadly sin]] of lust, and is classified as one of [[seven virtues]]. The moderation of sexual desires is also required to be virtuous. Reason, will, and desire can harmoniously work together to do what is good.

As an emblem of inward chastity, some Christians choose to wear a cord, girdle or a cincture of one of the several [[Confraternities of the Cord]] or a [[purity ring]]. The cord is worn as a symbol of chastity in honour of a chaste saint whom the bearer asks for intercession. The purity ring is worn before [[Christian views on marriage|holy matrimony]] by those who marry or for the rest of their lives by those who stay single.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite web |title=Schoolgirl loses "purity ring" battle |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-chastity-idUKL1617339420070716 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=English |date=16 July 2007}}
|2={{cite web |last1=Kosloski |first1=Philip |title=Struggling with purity? Try the cord of St. Joseph! |url=https://aleteia.org/2021/01/28/struggling-with-purity-try-the-cord-of-st-joseph/ |publisher=[[Aleteia]] |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=English |date=28 January 2021}}
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