About masturbation:MenuDiversity of beliefs in
the Roman Catholic Church
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Overview: The early Church Fathers and Roman Catholic theologians prior to the sixth century CE were silent on the morality of masturbation. By the 13th century, however, it had become a high priority topic, based largely upon a misunderstanding of the dynamics of human conception. More recently, the Church has condemned masturbation -- and a shopping list of other sexual activities -- because they don't meet two criteria:
- Acceptable sexual acts can be performed only by one woman married to one man.
- Every sexual act must be open to the possibility of conception.
However, some liberal Catholic moral theoligians deviate from the Church's teachings, as do many of the Catholic laity.
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