Temperance Part 01

Temperance: Moderates the pleasures of touch, in particular those activities ordered to the preservation of the life of the individual and the species, namely the pleasures involved : : 

Temperance: Moderates the pleasures of touch, in particular those activities ordered to the preservation of the life of the individual and the species, namely the pleasures involved : in eating and drinking (individual); and in sexual activity (species).

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Be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints. Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving. Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ST. PAUL (Eph 5:1-5)

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THE ROLE OF TEMPERANCE Restrains and silences the “passions which make us pant for those things which turn us away from the laws of God.” ST. AUGUSTINE (On the Morals of the Catholic Church, Chapter 19)