Posted on 12/16/2008 4:43:12 PM PST by stfassisi
“Christianity and Sexual Pleasure”
Being a good Greek Orthodox, I am in favor of both!
I’m sorry, but this article is filled with one-liners... LOL...
It said — “ I wish rather to show that, as Catholic Christianity understands the body and the functions of the organs of reproduction, sex is a creature [ ... ]”
Yes, I’ve found, many times that “sex is a creature...” all right... (a “beast” if you will...) :-)
C’mon....Father who?
Yes, I posted the last name of the author of the article and my post was killed... LOL... (#e up above... uh-oh...)...
Here is some things about his life
Biographical Sketch
of
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
Father Hardon has been a priest for over 52 years, a member of the Society of Jesus for over 62 years.
He holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Gregorian University, Vatican City and several graduate degrees from various other universities.
He has taught:
Over 600 of his fellow Jesuits.
In six different Protestant seminaries.
Several large Catholic Universities.
In a large secular university for one year.
He is the author of over forty books, many booklets and innumerable published articles.
He has been a consultant to the Holy See for thirty-one years.
In 1995, when 81 and for the first time in history, he inaugurated full semester courses by teleconference and simultaneously began publishing them in beautiful albums of twelve audiocassettes each. They have proved to be eminently popular by filling a hunger for the truth through a media innovation that had not previously been explored.
A catechetical study program originally written by Fr. Hardon for the Holy See after the Holy Father requested Mother Teresa to educate her Missionaries of Charity to become catechists. The program has been expanded and adapted nationwide. There are currently two home study courses called The Basic Course (16 lessons) and the Advanced Course (36 lessons). The program has grown and spread into every part of the country. The laity are now encouraged to participate.
Another study program on Eucharistic Education is being written for home study complete with test sheets and lesson plans. It is designed to develop a small army of thoroughly educated honest to goodness, Catholics who will be intellectually equipped to teach the truth about the faith throughout the western world but especially in the United States and Canada. It has tremendous potential!
Father has over 2,000 unpublished manuscripts which several of his skilled volunteers are at present cataloging and editing. Projections estimate that this as yet unnamed massive project will contain from 5 to 7 volumes.
Soon to be in print is “Father Hardon’s CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOK with meditations “ a 488-page jewel that bids fair to bring America back on its collective knees. Also Father is reprinting his reference masterpiece, “THE MODERN CATHOLIC DICTIONARY.” Both should be available in the fall of 1999.
In 1990 voices in the intellectual world were writing Father off. He had serious sight and hearing difficulties together with other ailments that would reduce his productivity to zero, they predicted. They failed to reckon with the fact that one major faculty does not age – THE INTELLECT !
Father gradually surrounded himself with many volunteers with a variety of talents and skills that has enabled him to magnify his amazing talents at a time when any normal human being would be consigned to a full care nursing home. Instead, supported by these volunteer arms and legs, minds, hearts, skills and abilities, he has proven to be even more the master teacher and the world class theologian with an encyclopedic mind. So he continues to use his amazing God-given talents to move hearts, build zeal, convert sinners and expose heretics. The final curtain is far from “going down.”
He has other projects on the drawing board but that's an interesting footnote, which awaits the third millennium!
From: Who’s Who In America (p.1466):
HARDON, JOHN ANTHONY (Society of Jesus), priest, research educator; b. Midland, Pa., June 18, 1914; s. John and Anna (Jevin) H. A.B. John Carroll U., 1936; M. A. Loyola U. Chgo. 1941; S.T.D., Gregorian U., Rome 1951. Joined S. J. Roman Cath Ch., 1936, ordained priest, 1947. Assoc. prof. fundamental theology West Baden (Ind.) Coll. 1951-62, assoc. prof religion Western Michigan U., 1962-67, prof fundamental theology Bellarmine Sch. Theology, North Aurora, Ill. and Chgo., 1968-73; rsch prof Jesuit Sch. Theology, North Aurora 1973—; prof advanced studies in Cath. doctrine St. John's U. Jamaica, N.Y., 1974-88 vis prof comparative religion St. PaulU., Ottawa, Can., 1968-74 prof Notre Dame Inst. (a Pontifica Catechetical Inst.), Va., 1981-90; v.p. Inst. on Religious Life, dir retreats priests and religious; chmn. bd Cath. Voice of Am., Inc. Author: The Protestant Churches of America, 2d edit. 1968, rev edit., 1981, Christianity in Conflict, 1959, All My Liberty, 1959, rev. edit., 1981, For Jesuits, 1963, Religions of the World, 2d edit., 1981, The Hungry Generation, 1967, The Spirit and Origins of American Prostestantism, 1968, Religions of the Orient-A Christian View, 1970, American Judaism, 1971, Christianity in the Twentieth Century, 2d edit. 1972, rev edit., 1978, The Catholic Catechism, 1975, Holliness in the Church, 1976, Religious Life Today, 1977, Modern Catholic Dictionary, 1980, Salvation and Sanctification, 1978, Theology of Prayer, 1979, The Question and Answer Catholic Catechism, 1981, Spiritual Life in the Modern World, 1982, Pocket Catholic Dictionary, 1985, The Treasury of Catholic Wisdom, 1987, The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan, 1989, Pocket Catholic Catechism, 1989, Catholic Catechist's Manual, 1989, The Catholic Answer Book, 1989, Masters of the Spiritual Life, 1990, Great Marian Writers, 1990, The Catholic Family in the Modern World, 1991, History of Eucharistic Adoration, 1991, the Catholic Discovery of America, 1992, Memoirs of Fatima, 1992, The Real Presence, 1992, How to Make the Spiritual Exercises, 1993; editor: Gospel Witness, 1971; contbg. editor Challenge mag., London, Can., 1987—; cons. World Book Ency. Founder, dir. Marian and Ignatius Catechists, 1985—, Recipient Papal medal, 1951, award outstanding work in field history Cath. Press Assn., 1973, medal Slovak World Congress, 1978, St. Maxmillian Kolbe award in Mariology, 1990, Mem Cath Truth Soc., Soc. for Religious Vocations, Instituto Slovaco, Internat. Assn. Mission Studies, Fellowship Cath. Scholar (Cardinal Wright award 1984) Address: U Detroit Mercy Lansing-Reilly Hall Detroit MI 48221 Conviction is the basis of courage, certitude is the foundation of peace. The secret of achievement is to have the peaceful courage of possessing the truth and acting on this conviction in everything we do.
I don’t equate contraceptive measures with infanticide because there was no conception, hence no baby to abort. This is a preventive act to prevent overpopulation of the species.
Having received sexual pleasure from some Christians, I’m going to say ‘YES’ to both. Being a Jew, I was perfectly happy that Christians had sex with each other as well.
In fact, we desparately NEED Christians to have sex and especially to have and raise children. Otherwise, not just Christians but all other people who follow the God of Moses are screwed because Christians have historically been the only thing between Muslims, Pagans and certain death.
So, on behalf of Jews around the world, I would kind ask all Christians to continue to have and enjoy sex and ask the Book says ‘go forth and multiply’ (I hope it say that and it wasn’t just a Hallmark quote).
Contraception is taking reproduction out of God's hands and placing reproduction in the hands of man.
Greed will bring about an end before overpopulation does anyway!
Excellent article.
You said — “The late Blessed Father John Hardon is up for Sainthood.”
Ummmm..., you’re being too serious. I was connecting his last name with the topic of the article and that post got killed in #3... ooops..
If you don’t get it, I can’t say too much more.... LOL...
Contraception and abortion are different sins.
Contraception — the kind that prevents conception rather than kills the embryo — is a sin because it introduces human will contrary to the will of God. It is a sin against the First Commandment. It is akin to the sin of blasphemy. Since it does not hurt anyone other than the people voluntarily engaging in it, it is not considered a crime.
Abortion is the sin of murder, a violation of the commandment not to kill other than in defense of life. It does not matter if the abortion is chemical or surgical, on what stage of the development of the baby it is committed, or what are the reasons the “mother” chooses to commit it. It is not merely a sin but also a crime, albeit our society happens to not recognize it.
You didn’t ask, but there also is the sin of self-mutilation, inherent in vasectomy and tubal ligation.
God gave us a mind to reason with. We can’t blame God if we don’t use what He gave us. Don’t try to pin this one on God. Our natural resources are dwindling, famines and other catastrophes await us and overpopulation will only magnify the results. It’s not greed, it’s common sense.
I disagree. You can't prove that. But look around and see natural resources shrinking. Somebodys going to starve because somebody else misread the Bible.
Sin,especially greed disrupts nature.
I can see there will be no agreement here,so I wish you humility to search for truth
So much propaganda crammed into two sentences.
Which natural resources are shrinking? I refer you to the Simon-Ehrlich wager: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon-Ehrlich_wager.
Are resources mismanaged by the transnational overclass? Certainly, but don’t blame the baby for its starvation when it is being starved by the elites’ unwillingness to countenance any action against their kleptocratic client states.
If this was outside of marriage it is a grave sin in Christianity
From that angle I should add that deliberate childlessness of a married couple is also sinful, unless a valid reason for the childlessness exists. That is true even if the couple avoids pregnancy through legitimate methods and not using contraception or self-mutilation.
The valid reasons are severe economic hardship (never an issue in America), considerable risk to the health of the mother or high probability of birth defects.
Theoretical fears of “overpopulation” — whatever that means — are not a valid reason for a married couple to avoid pregnancies.
The vocation of single life, religious or not, is available for those who do not feel they are fit for parenthood.
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