So impotence means the marriage can’t be performed in a Catholic church, but inability to bear or father children (due to cancer, etc.) is okay?
Both states mean that children will never be born, what makes the one state acceptable and the other state not acceptable for marriage under Catholic auspices?
Not trying to be contentious, just trying to understand...
Ed
Impotence means that one has the inability to perform the sex act at all, meaning that the non-impotent partner is putting themselves in a situation where they will have an even greater temptation to commit adultery.
Sterility (due to cancer, surgery, etc) doesn’t affect the function of the sex act itself, just the result (conception).
That’s the difference, imo.