Catholics' Beliefs About Sex

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Catholics' Beliefs About Sex

According to many people today having sex is only for pleasure. This

is not the Christian view. Christians believe sex should be

pleasurable, but only in marriage, where it is very important

according to the Catholic Church, which says that a couple are not

truly married until they consummate their marriage which means having

sex. Christian teachings say that sex should result in children.

But these are not the only purposes of sex. According to Christians,

who believe sex should also be: A special act of love between a man

and a woman to produce a child and to show that they belong to one

another. Through sex Christians develop a closer bond with each other.

Sex should only be used in a marriage relationship. Sex before

marriage is wrong. All of the Christian churches believe that

marriage should be monogamous, meaning that only one partner should be

involved within the marriage. This can be seen in the New Testament of

the Bible. “Let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her

own husband” (1 Corinthians: 2-3)

About life?

Catholics believe that life is a gift from God. Life is sacred because

God is involved in the creation of life, and therefore taking a life

is wrong which is why Catholics are againsed murder and abortion.

“Life must be protected with the utmost care, from the moment of

contraception; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes”

(gaudium et spes)

Christianity disapproves of abortion. "For you created my inmost

being; you knit me together in my mother's womb"(psalm 139).

One of the Ten Commandments is ‘thou shall not murder’ this means you

should not take a life. This is why abortion is said to be wrong.

About Abortion and Contraception?

All Christians believe in the sanctity of life. This means they

believe life is holy, sacred and pure and should be protected.

“the direct interruption of the generative process already begun and,

above all, directly willed and procured abortion, even if for

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