Christopher West - Good News About Sex & Marriage (Revised Edition): Answers to Your Honest Questions about Catholic Teaching

abortion, 21, 123, 135

contraception and, 123, 12629

as selective reduction, 137

abstinence

contraception and, 110, 113, 11415, 117, 120, 128

as harmful to marriage, 13031

with NFP, 13032, 133

for unmarried people, 88

Adam and Eve

in Book of Genesis, 18, 2224, 175n8

New, 2729, 175n18

original sin and, 2325, 26

adoption, 52, 142, 145

adultery, 21, 102, 111, 141, 162

Christ on, 58, 6061

divorce and, 6061, 73, 123

affection, guidelines for expressing, 7477, 131

affinity, 52

anal sex, 9394, 154

annulments, 45, 50, 5758, 60

artificial insemination, 137, 14344, 147

baptisms, 20, 28, 29

marriage and, 46, 4749, 52

Beyond Gay (Morrison), 150

Bible. See also Genesis, Book of

on contraception, 111, 11718

on sex and marriage, 1730

on submission of women, 6163, 103

birth control, 113, 120, 131. See also contraception; natural family planning

the Church on, 12124

pills, 120, 12728, 132

bishops, 51

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 125

blood and water, symbolism of, 2829

body and soul, unity of, 5657, 9495, 142

canon law, 47, 177n15

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 24, 29, 64, 140

on family planning, 119

on infallibility of the Church, 35

Catholic Answers organization, 176n10

Catholic Sexual Ethics (Lawler R./Boyle/May), 108

Catholics United for the Faith, 176n10

celibacy, 39, 4142, 16371

as higher calling than marriage, 16566

Chaput, Charles, 145

chastity

within marriage, 87105

outside of marriage, 6586

vow of, 51

child-free marriage, 53

children

conceived out of wedlock, 147

dignity of, 13738

fatherless, 21, 123, 137

homosexual, 16162

illegitimate, 5758

masturbation by, 79, 101

NFP and attitudes toward, 11819, 12829

openness to, 20, 51, 52, 53, 91, 10910, 127, 131, 139, 153

parental sins affect on, 162

sex crimes against, 21

sex education and, 100101

technologically conceived, 13640, 14244, 185n4

Vatican II on, 47

Christ

on adultery, 58, 6061

as Bridegroom, 19, 33, 61, 64, 95, 165

creation as work of, 28

on divorce, 30, 60

identifying with, 15960

on love and meaning of life, 1719

marriage of the Church and, 18, 2021, 2728, 32, 41, 47, 49, 62, 63, 95, 168, 171

as New Adam, 2729, 175n18

redemption of sexuality in, 2629, 6970, 74, 79, 8283, 85, 98, 1012, 155, 167

sexual union as union with, 140, 170

sins and, 2930, 60, 61, 70, 73, 161

Christian Alliance for Sexual Recovery, 180n23

The Christian Meaning of Human Sexuality (Quay), 78

the Church

on annulments, 45, 50, 5758, 60

on birth control, 12124

as Bride of Christ, 19, 29, 32, 35, 46, 64, 165, 169, 175n19

on celibacy, 39, 16466

on contraception and abortion, 12629

on divorce, 45, 46, 4950, 5860

as down on sex, 3840

hierarchy of, 32, 3536

on homosexuality, 149, 15152

infallibility of, 3435

Magisterium, 3233, 35, 39

on marriage, 4647, 5960

marriage of Christ and, 18, 2021, 2728, 32, 41, 47, 49, 62, 63, 95, 168, 171

as mother, 120

as obsessed with sex, 4243

questions/objections to teachings of, 1315, 1718, 3143

on reproductive technologies, 13640

teachings v. conscience, 1718, 3738

on truth, 3334, 36

cohabitation, 7174

Communion, 6061

communion of persons, 19, 64, 8081, 93, 111

communion of saints, 64

conception, 128, 184n29. See also Immaculate Conception

orgasm and, 9091

separated from marital embrace, 137, 139

concupiscence, 104, 152, 179n15

condoms, 107, 121, 146

confession, 71, 102, 147

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 138, 139, 145

conjugal love, 47, 181n14

consanguinity (blood relationships), 52, 60

conscience, 1718, 3738

consent, 5253

contraception, 18, 5354, 10733

abortion and, 123, 12629

abstinence and, 110, 113, 11415, 117, 120, 128

effectiveness of, 123

feminism and, 12426

insistence on, 132

just reasons for, 11213, 114, 115

marriage/societys breakdown and, 12224

as parental sin, 162

with premarital sex, 178n8

as violation of wedding vows, 91

withdrawal as means of, 115

counseling, 181n12

for homosexuals, 154, 156, 160, 187n13

crime, 51, 123

the cross

power of, 30, 154, 155

rejection of, 96

woman at foot of, 29

dating couples, sex and, 7479, 7879

Daughters of St. Paul, 173n2

deacons, 51, 177n17

death

John Paul II on sin and, 27

marriage ending through, 4950, 53, 68

Depo-Provera TM , 127

diaphragm, 132

Dignity group, 153

dignity, of children, 13738

disparity of cult, 51

divorce, 15, 18, 21, 89, 163

adultery and, 6061, 73, 123

Christ on, 30, 60

the Church on, 45, 46, 4950, 5860

cohabitation and, 72

NFP and, 131

as parental sin, 162

domestic church, 41

dualism, 56, 94, 153, 187n4

education, 6869, 100101

ejaculation, 9091, 93, 146. See also wet dreams

Eliot, T. S., 122, 124

emotions, role of, 66

EnCourage,

engagement, sex during, 7071, 7879

the Eucharist, 28, 40, 48, 160

analogy to marriage, 21, 29, 49, 61, 89

euthanasia, 135

Evangelium Vitae (John Paul II), 126

ex cathedra pronouncements, 35

faith, 18, 2930, 3637, 59

faithfulness, 91

Familiaris Consortio (John Paul II), 14, 173n3

families

breakdown of, 43

dysfunctional, 16162

Federal Council of Churches in America, 122

feminism, 12426

fertility, 93. See also infertility

contraception and, 110, 114, 11516, 130

Gods will and, 185n15

timing for, 14445, 185n17

fidelity. See also infidelity

cohabitation and, 72

in marriage, 20, 51, 52, 53, 88, 91, 92, 131, 153

to wedding vows, 111, 113

foreplay, 90, 9394

fornicators, 141. See also nonmarital sex

freedom

contraception and, 110

love and, 24, 31, 7879, 83, 90

NFP and, 130

Freud, Sigmund, 12122

frozen embryos, 137

gametes (sperm and ova), 137, 13839, 146

Gandhi, Mohandas, 122, 125

Genesis, Book of, 125

Adam and Eve in, 18, 2224, 96, 175n8

creation accounts in, 19, 2223, 174n7

GIFT (Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer), 146

God

creation of man/woman, 14, 1920, 2223, 2425, 49, 66, 118, 125, 136, 150

mystery of, 1920, 86

playing, 14041

in three Persons, 163

will of, 3132, 38, 144, 185n15

grace, 47

Greer, Germaine, 125

Grygiel, Stanislaw, 149, 168

heaven, 6364

heavenly marriage, 6364, 166

hell, 27

holy orders, 47, 48, 51. See also sacred orders

Holy Spirit, 19, 33, 111, 176n21

homophobia, 15657

homosexuality, 14962. See also same-sex attractions; same-sex marriages

children and, 16162

the Church on, 149, 15152

counseling for, 154, 156, 160, 187n13

identity search and, 154, 15556, 15760, 162

love and, 15253

lust and, 154

sexual desires and, 154, 156

sexual union and, 15354

hormones, 13, 101

contraception with, 115, 12728

Humanae Vitae (Paul VI)

on contraception, 91, 115, 125, 128, 185n4

on infertility, 141

hysterectomy, 128

identity, search for, 1314, 17, 154. See also sexual identity

homosexuals, 154, 15556, 15760, 162

idolatry, 160, 187n14

Immaculate Conception, 176n4

impotence, 51, 5456

in vitro fertilization, 13940, 143, 147

incest, 140