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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’m Eastern Orthodox and the traditional teaching of the Church on ABC is... no. In fact the Church generally will not marry those who do not want, or who are not ready for a family. In recent years there has been some movement towards a very limited tolerance based on economy (oikonomia) for specific situations such as when a family already has as many children as they can support and/or take care of or where serious health risks may attend pregnancy. However the Church still teaches that the ideal response in such cases is sexual abstinence. But acknowledging the reality that not all couples can live a life of complete continence this concession is sometimes made. Usually it must be discussed with your spiritual father in confession. When ABC is used it must never be abortificiant or involve self mutilation. This generally places the burden on the husband.

Unfortunately, and especially in the West, some of the Orthodox jurisdictions have in practice become quite lax on this point. And it must be admitted that among the laity, respect for the traditional moral teaching of the Church is generally no better than among other Christian denominations including Roman Catholicism which is even stricter and admits no exception at all.


9 posted on 09/09/2019 11:54:16 AM PDT by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: NRx

Although the Catholic Church allows for anullments if a marriage ends in divorce.


30 posted on 09/09/2019 3:05:45 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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