19. THE QUESTIONS WAS: Which
best describes Church teaching on marital relations?
a. Everything goes
b. Everything goes if it leads up to the man's seed planted in the wife
c. twice a day limit
THE ANSWER IS
B
.Almost
everything goes if it leads up to the mans seed being planted in the wifes
birth canal.
To cooperate with Gods
plan and gifts, each marital act must have as its goal the planting of seed in
the woman with no obstacles or barriers. Any other (intended) ending would
defile the act.
For example, in the Old Testament,
God struck Onan dead because he allowed his seed to fall on the ground instead
of in the woman (Genesis 38:9-10)
Foreplay, including oral activity, is
permissible as long as the end-goal is the one listed above and the oral
activity is not an end in itself. Of course, both individuals must be agreeable
to whatever precedes the marital act.
Pope John Paul IIs
groundbreaking work Theology
of the Body is considered one of the deepest and most brilliant Scriptural
analyses on sexuality and marriage in the history of the Church. Among other
things, the pope discusses how the union of a husband and wife unlocks
mysteries related to our future marriage to God when we are in heaven.
The best books on the subject include
Theology of the Body Explained and Good News About Sex and Marriage by
Christopher West (http://www.christopherwest.com/)
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Related articles include:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0100.html
(Theology of the Body)
http://www.christopherwest.com/works.htm,
(Christopher Wests commentary on the papal Theology of the Body)
http://www.theologyofthebody.net/
http://www.christopherwest.com/theologyofthebody.htm
http://www.affirmlife.com/category.cfm?Category=8
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