[ealgeone]

The ancient Christian teaching on the two-fold purpose of marriage; namely, the “procreation and education of children,” and the “mutual help and sanctification of the spouses,” accurately summarizes the inner order of marriage. As the future John Paul II wrote in his great 1960 book Love and Responsibility, radical personal openness to both of these purposes is essential to the success and meaning of any marriage. We should never enter into marriage with active opposition to the very ends for which it exists. If a couple is preparing to embark upon marriage with the immediate intention of avoiding offspring (even if they are using morally acceptable means such as NFP), they perhaps ought to consider delaying the exchange of their vows until they have resolved the various impediments, whether financial, career-related, or personal, that are leading them to be closed to the idea of having children.

Yet the very same denomination, the RCC, says Joseph and Mary did not have any children of their own.

Based on the above position of Roman Catholicism, they never should have entered into marriage.

Fortunately, we know the NT tells another story that Joseph and Mary did have kids of their own.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Fortunately, we know the NT tells another story that Joseph and Mary did have kids of their own."

The NT tells nothing of the sort.

[Salvation]

Are you sure you want to tell Catholics what to believe?

[metmom]

NFP = Catholic church sanctioned birth control.

It allegedly provides for Catholic couples to do what is so often condemned here on FR by many FRoman Catholics, have sex without the risk of becoming pregnant, which is the scapegoat for everything that’s wrong with this country.

Can you imagine?

Married couples having sex just for the fun of it, and that leads to the degradation of morals in this country.

[cherry]

I just love when haters have to jump on threads aimed at Catholics and try to prove how superior they are...

which magnificent religion do you belong to...the saintly Methodist? the Lutherans..those crazy Baptists with the high divorce rates?..maybe you believe in multiple wives like Mormons....or head chopping like the Muzzies...

if you know so much about the bible, and can interpret it so well, what did Jesus do and say about the false prophets?...the ones who openly claimed how holy they were?...the sanctimonious ones?...

and you know don't you that if HE were here today, he would give you a good smack for being so arrogantly self righteous...