Talk:Catholic theology of sexuality

message: I got the idea for this page  here.  I sketched an outline with headings so that the topic could be treated somewhat systematically and comprehensively, and have slowly been filling it in when I have time. That is to say, the headings with no body are not a list but a work-in-progress, and an invitation to edit. The.helping.people.tick 05:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outline 

message: I removed these empty sections because... they were empty!  Here is a list of the removed sections.  If someone wants to expand this article, these could be used as suggestions. 
*Marriage
**Fidelity
*Adultery
**Polygamy
*Prostitution
*Rape
*Homosexuality
**Homosexuality and marriage
*Contraception (though this already has a section in Christian views on contraception)
*Approaches to Catholic teaching on sexual morality
**Thomism
**Personalism
**Revisionism
**Proportionalism/Consequentialism
*Criticism of the Catholic teaching
**By Catholics
**By non-Catholics
-- Photouploaded (talk) 20:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fine for now. I had grand plans for filling this out quickly, but real life happens. The.helping.people.tick (talk) 21:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I understand.  Photouploaded (talk) 21:07, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: List of removed, empty sections

message: I have significantly added the discussion of condom use and a number of references, but it would be helpful if someone could find some better references than I have on the 'culture of life' discussions and how it relates to condom use vs birth control. HatlessAtless (talk) 18:53, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The last 2 lines of my comment : "Along the same lines is the consideration that condoms, as opposed to many forms of birth control, prevent conception. Conception, being a potential human life, can be viewed differently than devices such as IUD or the morning after pill that prevent implantation of a fertilized ovum." This doesn't tie in well with the rest of the paragraph above, but someone might be able to make use of it by tying it better and referencing it better. HatlessAtless (talk) 18:57, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Contrary to popular belief, the Church is NOT reviewing in stance on condoms, which amount at adultery according to the CODE. Also, even exceptional sex within marriage is accordingly contrary to natural law and procreation, per Casti Connubi. ADM (talk) 02:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Condom use: 

message: There are two articles, here, and the related christian views on contraception that have space for an analysis of the exact differences between types of contraception. Would this article or the other one be a better place for that, do you think? HatlessAtless (talk) 19:18, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure which differences you are referring to.  In this article, I think it needs a section distinguishing natural family planning from contraception (NFP is birth control/family planning, but not contraception).  In the general article on Christian views, is this section the kind of thing you had in mind? LyrlTalk     C   23:54, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between types of contraception 

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replies: text:  I respect your view, although I think you may be vulnerable. I faced a similar problem, when I wrote about papal encycliclas, which is not possible without looking at papal encyclicals. With the writings of Pius XII, I had no copyright problems, because they and earlier ones are exempted from Vatican policy under the 50 year rule. Cheers --Ambrosius007 (talk) 19:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this article is far from the kind of long blocks of quoting that would be suspect as non-fair use.  Also, in this particular case the publisher has chosen to make the entire copyrighted work freely available on the internet.  Because there is no issue of readers reading something here they would otherwise pay for, as long as it is attributed properly, I can't imagine any claim of copyright infringement even with much more extensive quoting. LyrlTalk     C   21:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: The text said:  Unlike drugs and surgical procedures, however, the current consensus is that any use of a condom is morally contraceptive and thus a sin. 
This is obviously false, because none of the many alternative uses named in Condom#Other_uses could be considered "contraceptive".  So I've adjusted the wording to indicate that it's sexual uses of condoms, not these odd uses, that are at issue -- and now I wonder:  
Do we have a source that says that using a condom during an inherently sterile sexual act is "morally contraceptive"?  Surely there are no sources that assert that using a condom in anal intercourse between two men is immoral because the condom prevents the men from getting pregnant.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:32, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I would assume that, in the view of the Church, considerations of propriety and decorum would suggest using something else for "odd" non-prophylactic purposes. Issues of "scandal", or drawing others into the snares of sin, might be presented (CCC 2284), although I'm not aware of any written teaching speaking to this specific matter. As for your last point, the Church teaches that any sexual activity not consecrated through the sacrament of marriage is immoral. They consider only heterosexual marriages to be valid, considerations of civil law notwithstanding. Fornication or adultery is an issue of such grave importance to them that it takes on considerably larger dimensions than whether a prophylactic device is employed in the act. Teachings regarding the prohibition of contraception apply primarily to heterosexual married couples, because it is only in the marital context that they would even countenance the possibility of sexual activity being morally acceptable. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 07:37, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: To explain this a bit further, the Church claims that sexuality should have procreative possibilities. This is necessarily incompatible with any deliberately sterile acts, whether the sterility arises from the gender of the partners, pharmaceutical contraception, or a physical device. Any of these would be considered unnatural. Family size can certainly be controlled, but should involve voluntary chastity and self-restraint by the spouses, in order to prove the wholesomeness of their intentions. The Church is particularly concerned that marriage involve an actual human relationship, commitment, and love; that the institution should not devolve into a form of long-term, legalized prostitution. The Church also sees married heterosexual partners claiming an unlimited right to sexual indulgence, while denying this pleasure to masturbators, fornicators and LGBT individuals as inherently untenable. They will not preach a self-control and self-restraint that they refuse to practice. One justification for the celibate priesthood would be so the priest will have moral authority when he needs to recommend complete abstinence in particular cases, since he himself practices the same chastity. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Condoms 

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message: I can't view the source, but "according to her, those texts does not indicate that conceiving children is excluded in marriage" sounds super questionable to me. Why would she be expected to say that conceiving children was excluded in marriage? Were people at this time expecting marriages to be childless? It just sounds like it could be original research to me, extrapolating from things she didn't say rather than from things she said. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:24, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole section based on Ranke-Heinemann's book seems deeply problematic in this article. For one, the author is not Catholic; or at least is heterodox in regards to core tenets of Church teaching, per her WP article; why would a heterodox author be cited at all in an article that only seeks to explain (not defend) orthodox Church teaching? Here are some of the specific problems with this section:
* "Although all three principal discussions of marriage in the New Testament omit any mention of generating children..." There are several problems here: 
# "all three principal discussions" is a judgment call and an arbitrary division. The New Testament certainly speaks supportively of having children, and it speaks of children as coming from marriage: Titus 2:4, 1 Timothy 5:14, for example.
# "New Testament" is also an arbitrary division. Catholics do not regard the NT as throwing out or trampling on the OT, but as completing the OT. I trust I don't need to dig up chapter-and-verse OT citations that speak of children as coming from marriage.
# Finally, the statement simply isn't true except with an extremely narrow reading. Within the three chapters mentioned, we find Matthew 19:5 "the two shall become one flesh" (some theologians read that 'one flesh' as the child that results from sex); we also find 1 Corinthians 7:14 "otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy"—given the context, St. Paul is clearly assuming that children naturally flow forth from marriage.
 
* "later Catholic moral doctrine consistently emphasized that the only proper purpose of sexual relations was to conceive children" — This is simply not true. The modern formulation of dual "unitive and procreative" ends of marriage (and therefore of the marital act) has evolved slowly over the centuries; it's not a modern innovation. St. Thomas Aquinas, for instance, doesn't exactly use these words, but the idea seems basically there from reading his discussions of marriage, divorce, chastity, etc.
* The long discussion of periodic abstinence during times of fasting, menstruating, breastfeeding, etc. is historically interesting and seems like good content, but given the prior points I hope it's abundantly clear that Ranke-Heinemann is not a credible source for factual claims about Church history. For instance, in the claim that "Pope Gregory I decreed abstinence should continue until a baby was weaned." In 30 minutes researching, I've been unable to find a source for that in any of Gregory's writings. Even assuming it's true, it's much more likely that what he meant was that people "should" remain abstinent during a period of infertility in the same way that Paul mentioned virgins "should" never marry: not that it's morally binding, but that abstinence and celibacy are considered higher callings. There's a big, big difference in Catholic teaching between an exhortation and a Law. Catholic things (talk) 22:04, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

text: It sounds like you're prioritizing your personal interpretation of primary sources over reliable secondary scholarship. Do you have sources of similar quality that critique Ranke-Heinemann (who, incidentally, is in fact a Catholic), or is this just your personal opinion? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:43, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any orthodox Catholic scholars who have dignified Ranke-Heinemann's invented Church history with a detailed response. I'll keep looking. Meanwhile, there are plenty of better secondary sources—I'll dig some up—and in some places the Bible is so clear that no secondary source is needed. For instance, Ranke-Heinemann says that 1 Corinthians 7 "omits any mention of generating children" while 1 Corinthian 7:14 in fact says "otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy." It takes no other secondary scholar to see that Ranke-Heinemann is simply wrong on that point. This is not original research; it's just plain reading. That said, I'll spend some time compiling better secondary sources that represent the majority interpretation and add those here later. Catholic things (talk) 19:37, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven 

message: Hiddsig Your recent mass deletions are both totally unexplained and completely unwarranted. This is especially true as all your deletions are highly biased and inappropriate especially for such and undeveloped page like this. If you have specific issues with any of these sections you have deleted please state and explain them  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjpolega (talk • contribs) 15:47, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Roscelese already gave reasons for removing your additions. I happen to agree with them. Hiddsig (talk) 15:51, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If your concern is about a lack of certain citations you feel are needed please be specific on each statement. Likewise many of your deletions were well cited and therefore where unwarranted. Tjpolega (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent mass deletions 

message: The article seems to reproduce the Guttmacher Institute's claim that 98% of Catholic women who are sexually active have used a form of contraception other than Natural Family Planning in the US. However, this claim was already debunked by The Washington Post in this article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-claim-that-98-percent-of-catholic-women-use-contraception-a-media-foul/2012/02/16/gIQAkPeqIR_blog.html
I think we should be carefull when we reproduce such claims from a politicaly biased source such as Guttmacher, and include The Washington Post's article as a counterpoint for that claim.--Potatín5 (talk) 18:42, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bogus claim on contraception usage 

message: @Tjpolega's additions from May have been removed. They were poorly-sourced to WP:PRIMARY sources such as Catechism and Sacred Scripture, which are not appropriate for an article requiring analysis and solid WP:SECONDARY sources. Passages citing only a Bible verse are, more or less, original research. We can do better than that. Elizium23 (talk) 23:08, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If there are specific objections to any additions please state them and address you particular concerns prior to making mass deletions on wiki. I will report this behavior if you continue. Tjpolega (talk) 23:23, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Roscelese had some keenly described objections; let's start there because it involves exactly the same material. Since you've chosen to restore it en masse, I've tagged the article appropriately. Elizium23 (talk) 23:29, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have addressed all of Roscelese's issues. Unless you have some of your own you need to remove the flag from the article Tjpolega (talk) 23:37, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: As I've already outlined, my specific objections are to your use of WP:PRIMARY sources, which include the Catechism, papal encyclicals, USCCB publications, and Bible verses directly cited with no analysis. You can't use these sources like that in the article. Furthermore, I am not sure what "behavior" you intend to "report" but much like @Roscelese, I feel like I am not doing anything wrong except pointing out deficiencies in your proposed additions to the article. If you so choose to report such behavior, then have at it already. Elizium23 (talk) 23:42, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That is not specific. Again please point to the exact words, sentences, paragraphs, and primary sources you object to. I will happily address and issues you have and fix anything that is in need of updating Tjpolega (talk) 23:46, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
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