| − | ::''a good, moral use of the marriage bed, the natural and lawful use of the wife by the husband, and of the husband by the wife, according to the law of God; which is so far from being unclean, filthy, and inconsistent with the purity of Christ, as papists, apostates from the faith, assert'' <ref>The papist Catholic Church, in its official teaching, has always taken a positive view of the marriage bed and of sexuality in marriage. Marital intercourse, says the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' ([http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2362.htm paragraph 2362]), is “noble and honorable,” established by God so that “spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of body and spirit.”—[https://www.foryourmarriage.org/marital-sexuality/ Marital Sexuality (foryourmarriage.org)]. <br> According to the papist [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c3a7.htm#1601 ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' (CCC) paragraphs 1601–1617 marriage "is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring"], and in [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2331 paragraphs 2331–2400 the conjugal sexual relation between spouses "preserves in its fullness the sense of true mutual love and its orientation toward man's exalted vocation to parenthood."]</ref> | + | ::''a good, moral use of the marriage bed, the natural and lawful use of the wife by the husband, and of the husband by the wife, according to the law of God; which is so far from being unclean, filthy, and inconsistent with the purity of Christ, as papists, apostates from the faith, assert'' <ref>"papists, apostates from the faith"—see [[calumny]] and [[slander]]. The papist Catholic Church, in its official teaching, has always taken a positive view of the marriage bed and of sexuality in marriage. Marital intercourse, says the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' ([http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2362.htm paragraph 2362]), is “noble and honorable,” established by God so that “spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of body and spirit.”—[https://www.foryourmarriage.org/marital-sexuality/ Marital Sexuality (foryourmarriage.org)]. <br> According to the papist [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c3a7.htm#1601 ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' (CCC) paragraphs 1601–1617 marriage "is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring"], and in [http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2331 paragraphs 2331–2400 the conjugal sexual relation between spouses "preserves in its fullness the sense of true mutual love and its orientation toward man's exalted vocation to parenthood."]</ref> |