The Sixth and Ninth Commandments Offenses against marriage:
Adultery - sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse or an unmarried
person with a married person
Divorce - dissolution of the marriage contract
Polygamy - having more than one spouse
Incest - sexual intimacy between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits
marriage
Free unions - extended relationships where couples refuse to have their commitment
formalized or sanction by law
1. Chastity - virtue that helps us control our sexual desires and use them according to
our situation in life
2. Modesty - virtue of temperance, related to the virtue of purity, applies to how a
person speaks, dresses, and conducts himself or herself. Protects the intimate center
of a person by refusing to unveil what should be remain hidden
3. Lust - allowing our sexual thoughts and desires to control us *if you are chaste, you
are modest
The Tenth Commandment The tenth commandment outlaws:
Greed - desire to accumulate unlimited goods
Avarice - the passionate desire for riches and the power that comes with them
Envy - sadness over another person's possessions and the desire to get them for
oneself