III. The Love of Husband and Wife
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Periodic continence, that is, the methods of birth regulation based on
self-observation and the use of infertile periods, is in conformity with the
objective criteria of morality.157 These methods respect the bodies of
the spouses, encourage tenderness between them, and favor the education of an
authentic freedom. In contrast, “every action which, whether in
anticipation of the conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, or in the
development of its natural consequences, proposes, whether as an end or as a
means, to render procreation impossible” is intrinsically evil:158
- SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
- Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
- III. The Love of Husband and Wife
- Article 6 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
- CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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