Catechism of the Catholic Church §2339 — excerpt
Chastity includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is a training in human freedom. 125 "Man's dignity therefore requires him to act out of conscious and free choice, as moved and drawn in a personal way from within, and not by blind impulses in himself or by mere external constraint.
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