- May 2, 2017
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Good morning!
I'll try to keep this as appropriate and non-expletive as possible.
The Roman church would forbid non-procreative sexual activity (for example, oral sex or manual sex), whereas many (but not all) Protestant churches would allow this.
I'm under the impression that Orthodoxy is less strict than Rome on matters of contraception and birth control, so I was curious how that relates to those things like oral sex or manual sex between a couple. What about things like "pulling out" -- is this equivalent to Onan's sin? Are these things entirely unacceptable, are they up to the couple's discretion so long as they do these things in love and in a desire to become "one" with the other, or is this an ask-your-priest question?
And whatever the answer is, why?
I'll try to keep this as appropriate and non-expletive as possible.
The Roman church would forbid non-procreative sexual activity (for example, oral sex or manual sex), whereas many (but not all) Protestant churches would allow this.
I'm under the impression that Orthodoxy is less strict than Rome on matters of contraception and birth control, so I was curious how that relates to those things like oral sex or manual sex between a couple. What about things like "pulling out" -- is this equivalent to Onan's sin? Are these things entirely unacceptable, are they up to the couple's discretion so long as they do these things in love and in a desire to become "one" with the other, or is this an ask-your-priest question?
And whatever the answer is, why?