4) Sexual desire, sexual intention, and sexual action must be distinguished, whether for psychological or moral or legal purposes, and each may be well ordered or disordered.

5) Well-ordered sexual intentions have in view goods both of body and of soul, goods that are at once personal and societal.

6) Consideration of these goods ought to respect the conjugal nature and reproductive potential of the most fundamental sexual act.

7) Consideration of these goods ought to respect the highest human good, which is enjoyment of God and of one another in God.

8) All human persons are constitutionally ordered to this highest good and as such are deserving of respect regardless of their desires, intentions, or actions.

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1. MarkP wrote: “10) The full development of a person is possible without sexual intimacy….” Wouldn’t the traditional position of the church be that, for any individual, the full development of the person may or may not be possible without sexual intimacy depending on the nature on that person’s vocation? October 3, 8:22 am | [comment link]

2. clarin wrote: Not at all. Many people very suitable for marriage may never find a spouse. Our full development is in Christ. October 3, 9:51 am | [comment link]

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