{"id":57439,"date":"2025-07-18T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=57439"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:20:13","slug":"catholic-views-on-sex-facts-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-views-on-sex-facts-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat leert de Katholieke Kerk over seks? Huwelijk, anticonceptie en kuisheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Catholic Church teaches that sex belongs only in marriage between a man and a woman, where it has two meanings that may not be separated: it unites husband and wife, and it stays open to new life. Its teachings on contraception, sex before marriage and same-sex relations all follow from that one. All of it comes back to a picture from the first pages of the Bible: a man and a woman who &quot;shall be one flesh&quot; (Genesis 2:24).\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sex belongs in marriage, where it unites the couple and stays open to life: the Catechism&#039;s reasons, natural family planning, and what U.S. Catholics say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[541],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-57439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-stats","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3219,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/condom-use-sinful-biblical-perspective\/","url_meta":{"origin":57439,"position":0},"title":"Is Using Condoms or Birth Control a Sin? The Catholic Church Says Yes, Most Protestants No","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mei 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible never names birth control. 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