Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

For the Apostle it is not a
matter of despising and condemning the body which with the spiritual soul
constitutes man’s nature and personal subjectivity. Rather, he is concerned
with the morally good or bad works, or better, the permanent dispositions –
virtues and vices – which are the fruit of submission (in the first case) or of
resistance (in the second case) to the saving action of the Holy Spirit. For
this reason the Apostle writes: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also
walk by the Spirit.”³⁰³

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST