I would like to quote Mickey again, just so we’re all clear where he is coming from.
I can come up with 1000 quotes from 1000 different Church fathers who taught this way. And I can show you other Fathers who were not as strict…and taught that husband and wife enjoy each others union beyond procreation.
“If for a certain period, you and your wife have abstained by agreement, perhaps for a time of prayer and fasting, come together again for the sake of your marriage. You do not need procreation as an excuse. It is not the chief reason for marriage. Neither is it necessary to allow for the possibility of conceiving, and thus having a large number of children, something you may not want” (St John Chrysostom
On Virginity).
We take the Fathers in their entirety. But I can tell you this much…NO father ever taught that anal penetration was fine and dandy within the marital embrace. NEVER! They would be appalled at such a teaching. You may not like it…but these are the saints and fathers of the Church who sat on the Great Councils, compiled the New Testament, interpreted Scripture, and whose relics perform miracles. And you will denigrate their writings at the drop of a hat because you want sodomy within marriage to be A-OK.
Then along comes a man in the 1920’s who claims that anal penetration within marriage is okay…and you defend him with zeal and vigor. How very sad. How very backward.
So, I’m going to have a hard time receiving a lecture from you on this subject, Mickey,when you’re this far off base on the basics.
Then by all means ignore my posts. I categorically reject what you are attempting to put forth…and I stand with the holy fathers.
This is not a minor thing here, it’s pretty important.
You bet. I urge any lurkers to follow their conscience on this matter.
“The goal of sex in marriage is spiritual union. Through the joining of two physical bodies in marital love comes a unique oneness of soul. Their intercourse accomplishes the joining of their bodies, and they are made one, just as when perfume is mixed with ointment” (St John Chrysostom
12th Homily on Colossians).
Procreation is the fruit of the union of marriage and an expression of man’s participation in God’s creative work.