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Conceiving during menses? (Aquinas)
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:33 am
by Jack3
Further, "All our justices" are become "as the rag of a menstruous woman" (Isaiah 64:6) where Jerome observes: "Men ought then to keep away from their wives because thus is a deformed blind lame leprous offspring conceived: so that those parents who are not ashamed to come together in sexual intercourse have their sin made obvious to all": and thus the same conclusion follows...
I answer that, It was forbidden in the Law to approach to a menstruous woman, for two reasons both on account of her uncleanness, and on account of the harm that frequently resulted to the offspring from such intercourse."
https://www.newadvent.org/summa/5064.htm
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Re: Conceiving during menses? (Aquinas)
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:08 pm
by Doom
It was a common belief of the time, so what?
I believe that for many women, intercourse during "that time of the month" is uncomfortable and can be painful, which I think in addition to "uncleanness" is probably the main reason for the restriction.
Re: Conceiving during menses? (Aquinas)
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:46 pm
by Jack3
Okay
Re: Conceiving during menses? (Aquinas)
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:43 am
by Peetem
Knowing biology and having six children, I don't see any practical means to conceive during this time anyway.
Theoretically possible, it would require quite a change to the female fertility cycle...possible, but very unlikely.
Re: Conceiving during menses? (Aquinas)
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:47 pm
by peregrinator
Peetem wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:43 am
Knowing biology and having six children, I don't see any practical means to conceive during this time anyway.
Theoretically possible, it would require quite a change to the female fertility cycle...possible, but very unlikely.
Well, yes, it would require a change, and that change happens to women sometimes as they approach menopause.