Thank you for making my point! The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is a Sacrament from which springs forth new life. As for artificial contraception, what does the Catholic Church teach?
HUMANAE VITAE
Neither is it valid to argue, as a justification for sexual intercourse which is deliberately contraceptive, that a lesser evil is to be preferred to a greater one, or that such intercourse would merge with procreative acts of past and future to form a single entity, and so be qualified by exactly the same moral goodness as these. Though it is true that sometimes it is lawful to tolerate a lesser moral evil in order to avoid a greater evil or in order to promote a greater good," it is never lawful, even for the gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it (18)—in other words, to intend directly something which of its very nature contradicts the moral order, and which must therefore be judged unworthy of man, even though the intention is to protect or promote the welfare of an individual, of a family or of society in general. Consequently, it is a serious error to think that a whole married life of otherwise normal relations can justify sexual intercourse which is deliberately contraceptive and so intrinsically wrong.
HUMANAE VITAE
As I have repeatedly pointed out, it is so much easier for a pew Catholic to leave and follow a Bible toting protestant minister who will tell him this teaching is wrong.
The influx of protestants to the Catholic Church are theologians who have studied Scripture, read the Early Church Fathers and recognize how God works through His Church to ensure the future and Salvation of mankind.
Hypocrisy rules!
The influx of protestants to the Catholic Church are theologians who have studied Scripture, read the Early Church Fathers and recognize how God works through His Church to ensure the future and Salvation of mankind.
First, unless you are intent on deliberately insulting those Christian brothers you "love" you should make a special effort to capitalize a proper noun. In this case Protestant.
How many of these "theologians" can you name? Do you have numbers?
You have personaly posted several threads on the subject. Let me repeat; the same name posted 10 times is still one person.