The theology of the body

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1. mersingJul 2019
   4th-5th century: Confessions and City of God by St. Augustine

   13th century: Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas

   14th century: The Divine Comedy (includes Inferno) by Dante Alighieri

   20th century: Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Humanae Vitae (Theology of the Body) by Pope Paul VI

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2. michaelsbradleyMay 2016
   That's not correct, but is a common misunderstanding. The Catholic Church's teaching is that sexual intimacy between spouses has both unitive and procreative dimensions, and that both need to be respected.

   For a deep dive, see Pope St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body[1] and the late Fr. Paul Quay's The Christian Meaning of Human Sexuality[2].

   [1] https://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2TBIND.HTM

   [2] http://j.mp/QuayMeaningOfSexPDFscan

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3. michaelsbradleyDec 2014
   Whenever I read a piece that is bullish on contraception and the sexual revolution of the 1960s, I become a little disheartened to think how many people today have such a dim view of sex and their own human nature. Sex is about but pleasure, but also so much more. See John Paul II's Theology of the Body:

   http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tbind.htm

   This information should be lovingly and shared with young persons, even (and especially) when it challenges us as adults and requires us to grow in maturity and understanding.

   Also, there are wonderful modern, "open source" and free alternatives to pharmaceutical contraception, barrier methods and surgical sterilization, not to mention chemical and surgical abortion. I would invite readers here to learn about modern NFP and to help spread the word:

   http://www.thebillingsovulationmethod.org/

   http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/n...

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4. michaelsbradleyJun 2014
   Men and women are sexual beings, no doubt; and sex can be about but pleasure, but also so much more.

   Readers here may be interested in studying a somewhat different take on human sexuality, John Paul II's Theology of the Body[1], which "presents an interpretation of the fundamental significance of the body, and in particular of sexual differentiation and complementarity, one which aims to challenge common contemporary philosophical views."[2]

   [1] http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2TBIND.HTM

   [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body

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5. michaelsbradleyMay 2014
   Sex is about but pleasure, but also so much more. See John Paul II's Theology of the Body:

   http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tbind.htm

   Yes, this information should be lovingly and patiently shared with young persons, even (and especially) when it challenges us as adults and requires us to grow in maturity and understanding.

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6. jdsnapeJun 2026
   I’m not supporting it, but how is it inconsistent?

   I can speak more to the Catholic view than the evangelical, but if you accept the initial premise that there is a creator God then the rest follows fairly naturally (you can look the ‘the theology of the body’ if you want to read more)

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