What Is Chastity? Freedom, Love, and Self-Mastery
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What does the Catholic Church actually teach about chastity? In this episode of What Catholics Believe, Dr. Scott Hefelfinger explains chastity not as repression, but as a virtue that brings freedom, wholeness, and peace.
Learn why every person is called to chastity, how chastity differs from “purity culture,” what the Bible teaches through figures like Ruth, Boaz, St. Joseph, and Mary, and how the sacraments, prayer, and self-mastery help us grow in authentic love.
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