The only mortal sin that involves the spilling of your own blood is masturbation, according to Catholic doctrine. That said, masturbation won’t send you to hell , or into a state of sin called “mortal sin,” but it can have some pretty serious negative effects on your life (especially if you are married).
The Church does not regard masturbation as a serious sin.
The Church does not regard masturbation as a serious sin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. ‘Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action'” (CCC 2352).
The question is whether this statement implies that masturbation is always wrong. The Catechism does not say that it is always wrong; it says that it is always gravely disordered. A person may engage in some forms of masturbation without committing a mortal sin, but he would still be acting contrary to his lifelong vocation as a Christian.
I would argue that there are three major types of masturbatory acts: those done for pleasure alone; those done out of loneliness or boredom; and those done as a substitute for heterosexual intercourse when there’s no available partner (i.e., when you’re single)
Jesus mentions nothing about it in the Bible.
It is true that Jesus mentions nothing about it in the Bible. However, we should realize that Jesus was not a scientist and did not have to teach about these things. It is also true that he did not mention dinosaurs either. We do not conclude that dinosaurs never existed because Jesus did not mention them. In fact, we know they existed because of evidence outside the Bible. Jesus was more concerned with spiritual matters than with scientific ones because he was sent to earth to save our souls, not teach us science.
The Bible does not say everything there is to know about everything on earth, and it certainly does not say everything there is to know about everything in heaven (see 1 Cor 13:12). The Bible tells us how God created the world and how He sustains it today (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 104:5-30). It says nothing about evolution or dinosaurs or any other scientific matters except for one verse which says: “But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’S love is with those who fear him” (Psalm 103:17). This verse teaches that God loves those who fear Him; this means that anyone who has a reverential awe or respect for God will be loved by Him forever no matter what happens on
The Church’s position is that masturbation is an intrinsically disordered action.
The Church’s position is that masturbation is an intrinsically disordered action. That means that it’s not a sin because it harms someone else, but the act itself is wrong. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) says:
“By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. “The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for any reason other than the union between man and woman, which is the divine plan for transmitting life, is essentially contrary to its purpose.”
Masturbation is also called, “self-abuse,” or “self-pollution.” It has been condemned by all Christian churches for many centuries.
The practice was condemned by Pope Pius XI in his 1930 encyclical Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage). In this encyclical he said:
“But no reason, however grave and serious, may be put forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children…any use whatsoever of matrimony divorced from this finality…is an offense against nature…and against.
The Church teaches that sexual pleasure has a purpose and an aim, and that purpose and aim is union with another person in the Sacrament of Marriage.
The Church teaches that sexual pleasure has a purpose and an aim, and that purpose and aim is union with another person in the Sacrament of Marriage.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “By its very nature, the institution of marriage and married love is ordered to the procreation and education of the offspring” (2362).
This means that couples who are not ready to have children should not engage in sexual intimacy. In fact, there are times when married couples may feel called to abstain from intercourse for a time, such as when one spouse is pregnant or when one spouse has recently experienced surgery. Such times do not indicate any lack of love or desire for each other, but rather they recognize that our bodies are gifts from God meant for his service. When we use them in ways that he did not intend (e.g., recreational sex), we dishonor ourselves as well as him.
In addition to its procreative purpose, sexual pleasure is an integral part of married life because it helps build up love between spouses by making them feel closer to each other physically, emotionally and spiritually.
The Church teaches that sexual pleasure has a purpose and an aim, and that purpose and aim is union with another person in the Sacrament of Marriage.
Sexual intercourse is not just for procreation but also for pleasure; it is something that is good in itself. The Church teaches that “the sexual activity, in which husband and wife are intimately and chastely united with one another, through which human life is transmitted, is, as the recent Council recalled, ‘noble and worthy.'”
The Catholic Church teaches that sex within marriage has two purposes: procreation (to bring children into the world) and uniting husband and wife as one flesh (Gen 2:24). The Church also teaches that sex outside of marriage is immoral because it separates these two purposes. Procreation is no longer possible if you’re not married, nor will you be united to your spouse as one flesh if you’re having sex outside of marriage.
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