530. What are the other requirements for purity? (part 2 continuation)
(Comp 530 repetition) Purity requires modesty which, while
protecting the intimate center of the person, expresses the sensitivity of chastity.
It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with
the dignity of persons and their communion. Purity frees one from wide-spread
eroticism and avoids those things which foster morbid curiosity. Purity also
requires a purification of the social climate by means of a constant struggle
against moral permissiveness which is founded on an erroneous conception of
human freedom.
“In brief”
(CCC 2533) Purity of heart
requires the modesty which is patience, decency, and discretion. Modesty
protects the intimate center of the person.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2525) Christian purity
requires a purification of the social
climate. It requires of the communications media that their presentations
show concern for respect and restraint. Purity of heart brings freedom from
widespread eroticism and avoids entertainment inclined to voyeurism and
illusion. (CCC 2526) So called moral permissiveness rests on an
erroneous conception of human freedom; the necessary precondition for the
development of true freedom is to let oneself be educated in the moral law.
Those in charge of education can reasonably be expected to give young people
instruction respectful of the truth, the qualities of the heart, and the moral
and spiritual dignity of man.
Reflection
(CCC 2527) "The Good
News of Christ continually renews the life and culture of fallen man; it
combats and removes the error and evil which flow from the ever-present
attraction of sin. It never ceases to purify and elevate the morality of
peoples. It takes the spiritual qualities and endowments of every age and
nation, and with supernatural riches it causes them to blossom, as it were,
from within; it fortifies, completes, and restores them in Christ" (GS 58
§ 4). [END]
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