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528. What is forbidden by the ninth commandment? 2517-2519 2531-2532 The ninth commandment forbids cultivating thoughts and desires connected to actions forbidden by the sixth commandment. 529. How does one reach purity of heart? 2520 In the battle against disordered desires the baptized person is able, by the grace of God, to achieve purity of heart through the virtue and gift of chastity, through purity of intention, purity of vision (both exterior and interior), discipline of the imagination and of feelings and by prayer. 530. What are the other requirements for purity? 2521-2527 2533 Purity requires modesty which, while protecting the intimate center of the person, expresses the sensitivity of chastity. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with the dignity of persons and their communion. Purity frees one from wide-spread eroticism and avoids those things which foster morbid curiosity. Purity also requires a purification of the social climate by means of a constant struggle against moral permissiveness which is founded on an erroneous conception of human freedom.