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Hi everyone, first post here, got a question…
2379 of the Catechism says “The Gospel shows that physical sterility is not an absolute evil.”
I assume that people of the old testament viewed barrenness as a punishment for their sin or the sin of their ancestors, as they did with blindness, or other physical problems (if I am not mistaken).
But I’m having trouble finding actual references to the topic of sterility in the Gospels, and the perspective taht it is not (necessarily) a bad thing.
any help… greatly appreciated
Thanks, Jeff
 
Zechariah and Elizabeth come to mind. Despite being childless, they are called “righteous” and “blameless”:
5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. (Luke 1:5-7)
 
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Hi everyone, first post here, got a question…
2379 of the Catechism says “The Gospel shows that physical sterility is not an absolute evil.”
I assume that people of the old testament viewed barrenness as a punishment for their sin or the sin of their ancestors, as they did with blindness, or other physical problems (if I am not mistaken).
But I’m having trouble finding actual references to the topic of sterility in the Gospels, and the perspective taht it is not (necessarily) a bad thing.
any help… greatly appreciated
Thanks, Jeff
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Infected with Protestant Doctrine one will claim that they need to consult Scripture alone in order to find the truth.

Are you one of these people who rely on Scripture alone for their faith? It seems that you are trying to find all of Catholic teaching spelled out in Scripture.

Scripture falls short of being 100 percent of truth revealed by God. And if you open your Bible to the table of contents you will see it to be true. For if you believe the list of books listed in that table of contents is Scripture than you believe something that is not in Scripture and cannot be proved by Scripture at all.

Ken
 
Nope, I’m Catholic,
former seminarian in fact,
just never spent enough time with scripture =)
my thought is that if the Catechism says that the Gospel shows us that physical sterility is not an absolute evil, then the Gospel must in fact show this, in one way or another.

by the way,
Thank you Todd Easton, that does indeed help
 
The Catechsim does say:
The Gospel shows that physical sterility is not an absolute evil. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2379)

I’m not sure what it has in mind. Maybe it means this statement of Jesus:
For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it." (Matthew 19:12)
 
Hi Jeff, as an eunuch myself I hold to the promises in Isaiah 56:3-5

3 Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.”
And let not any eunuch complain,
“I am only a dry tree.”

4 For this is what the LORD says:
"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant-

5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will not be cut off.

I have been dealing with prostrate cancer, which included surgery. Yesterday, blood was drawn for my next PSA test. So, I am on pins and needles at this time.

:eek:
 
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, we lift our brother Daniel up to you. We ask that you let your mercy fall, for your love is great - it is everlasting and from age to age you call a people to yourslef - in this suffering Sweet Jesus, draw Daniel closer to yourself, faithful to heal him in agreement with your Word. Let everything in his body operate Jesus as though it is like unto thy own. Through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos, amen.
 
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