ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHASTITY
From Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castuschaste.
10 QUOTES WITH «CHASTITY»
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chastity.
Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.
The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.
Adam was the image of God, he was man and woman, and yet neither of them before his Eve, but a masculine virgin in peculiar love, full of chastity and purity.
A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.
Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHASTITY»
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chastity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chastity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Of
Chastity and Power: Elizabethan Literature and the ...
Through a reading of the texts of Lyly, Raleigh, Chapman, Spenser and Shakespeare, Berry explores the themes of sexuality and politics, classical myth and Neopatonic mysticism which became associated with Elizabeth I.
2
Perilous
Chastity: Women and Illness in Pre-Enlightenment ...
Dixon traces the origins of 'hysteria, ' richly illustrating her analysis with more than 100 paintings from the 13th through the 18th centuries, focusing primarily on 17th-century Dutch works." Publishers Weekly"
3
Performing Virginity and Testing
Chastity in the Middle Ages
In many chastity tests, the virgin is hypersensitive to touch orsmell: if a feather is
put ona lintel ofa door, and a nonvirgin passes underneath, shewillblush (
recallthe storyof the Princessand the Pea). Virgins oftenpossess special powers ...
Kathleen Coyne Kelly, 2002
4
The Fallen Angel:
Chastity, Class, and Women's Reading, ...
This book discusses the figure of the unchaste woman in a wide range of fiction written between 1835 and 1880; serious novels by Dickens, Mrs.
5
A Case for
Chastity: The Way to Real Love and True Freedom ...
How can I experience true freedom? Is chastity practical? How do I practice it? What does the Church know about sex? this book by chastity educators Heather Gallagher and Peter Vlahutin answers these questions and more.
Heather Marie Gallagher, Peter Vlahutin, 2003
6
Disgraceful Matters: The Politics of
Chastity in ...
Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines--in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday ...
7
A Rose So That It May Rain
An investigative fiction writer Jamo met another young writer many moons ago and this novel was the result. Living near San Francisco Jamo is currently writing another novel and is still seeking free therapy.
Chastity Danielle Infinity, Jamo Lorswal, 2007
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Assaulted and Pursued
Chastity
The moral lesson that women as the weaker sex should be accompanied by elder people or male relatives is presented in this work.
9
Male
Chastity: A Guide for Keyholders
A non-threatening, female-friendly introduction to the topic of male chastity, ideal for nervous keyholders or as a love-offering from a would-be-chastened male.
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Chastity And Transgression In Women's Writing, 1792-1897: ...
Roxanne Eberle considers a wide range of authors including Mary Wollstonecraft, Amelia Opie, Mary Hays, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Sarah Grand.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHASTITY»
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chastity is used in the context of the following news items.
Diocese stresses “purity” and “virtue of chastity” in Catholic schools …
New guidelines from the Diocese of Portsmouth say that Catholic schools should promote "chastity" as the "underlying theme" of Sex and ... «National Secular Society, Jul 15»
Chastity Kennedy: Hidden in plain sight
As I sat back and thought about the article I wrote less than six months ago, I began to realize the fight for human rights, justice and equity is a ... «Bastrop Daily Enterprise, Jul 15»
COURT MARSHAL: The Supreme Court judgement on rape is a …
Going beyond this by making observations and references to “chastity” etc only amounts to unintentionally promoting the conservative view of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
NC Appeals Court allows priest sex abuse lawsuit to proceed
... having some prior indication of difficulty complying with his vow of chastity and his orientation of a sexual attraction to children," said Meyers, ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
Sexual Anorexia
In the pursuit of an almost impossible ideal of chastity, marriages are literally starved – sometimes to death. It's not unlike the situation in the ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
Maria Goretti didn't die for her virginity
Ideas like holiness, chastity, humility, charity, diligence, or any other virtue that springs to mind when you think of a saint? These are bathwater. «Patheos, Jul 15»
How did we get to this welfare state?
"The effect has been to promote bastardy; to make want of chastity on the woman's part the shortest road to obtaining either a husband or a ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
St. Maria Goretti: The Girl Who Lived
She has become a patron saint of chastity, invoked as an intercessor for preserving personal purity. The lion's share of focus upon her is those ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
False Enlightenment at the Court
It has long been held that sexual virtue requires chastity and marriage, that the reproductive flourishing of human beings is best accomplished ... «First Things, Jul 15»
BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse Coming to Victorville January 2016
“Awesome. Now I won't need to drive all the way to my usual one in Cerritos,” said Chastity Cox on the Victor Valley News Facebook post. «VVNG Victor Valley News, Jul 15»
