If you are a Catholic do u have a duty to have sex with your spouse?

Is there a rule in Catholic terachings about husbands and wives have a duty to have sex with each other? What does the Catholic church teach about sex between married couples? If one person in the marriage refuses to have sex with their husband, is that wrong and against church teachings?If you are a Catholic do u have a duty to have sex with your spouse?
Here are some points taken directly from the Catechism.





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Sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman. In marriage the physical intimacy of the spouses becomes a sign and pledge of spiritual communion. Marriage bonds between baptized persons are sanctified by the sacrament.





2361


';Sexuality, by means of which man and woman give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper and exclusive to spouses, is not something simply biological, but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such. It is realized in a truly human way only if it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to one another until death.';143





Tobias got out of bed and said to Sarah, ';Sister, get up, and let us pray and implore our Lord that he grant us mercy and safety.'; So she got up, and they began to pray and implore that they might be kept safe. Tobias began by saying, ';Blessed are you, O God of our fathers. . . . You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve as a helper and support. From the two of them the race of mankind has sprung. You said, 鈥業t is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper for him like himself.' I now am taking this kinswoman of mine, not because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that she and I may find mercy and that we may grow old together.'; And they both said, ';Amen, Amen.'; Then they went to sleep for the night.144





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';The acts in marriage by which the intimate and chaste union of the spouses takes place are noble and honorable; the truly human performance of these acts fosters the self-giving they signify and enriches the spouses in joy and gratitude.';145 Sexuality is a source of joy and pleasure:





The Creator himself . . . established that in the [generative] function, spouses should experience pleasure and enjoyment of body and spirit. Therefore, the spouses do nothing evil in seeking this pleasure and enjoyment. They accept what the Creator has intended for them. At the same time, spouses should know how to keep themselves within the limits of just moderation.146





2363


The spouses' union achieves the twofold end of marriage: the good of the spouses themselves and the transmission of life. These two meanings or values of marriage cannot be separated without altering the couple's spiritual life and compromising the goods of marriage and the future of the family.





If you are Catholic and having problems in your relationship perhaps talking to your priest would help. Sex within a marriage should not be obligatory, it isn't to be used as a weapon, either being forced on one spouse or withheld without cause.If you are a Catholic do u have a duty to have sex with your spouse?
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A loving husband and wife are going to want to have sex with each other. It's not as though they are ';forced'; into sex, against their will.





If a couple marries, why are they not going to want to have sex?








%26lt;%26lt;What does the Catholic church teach about sex between married couples?%26gt;%26gt;





The Church teaches that sex is a Sacred Act; the consumation of the Marital Union; which is why sex must take place i nthe context of a marital union, not the absence of one.





The Church also teaches that sex is the ';total self-giving'; of each spouse to the other. The use of artificial contraception, as a means to its intended end, and the sex ceases to be a total self-giving; which is why artificial contraception is immoral.








%26lt;%26lt;If one person in the marriage refuses to have sex with their husband, is that wrong and against church teachings?%26gt;%26gt;





WHY is the person refusing to have sex with the spouse?
No one has a ';duty'; to have sex with another. Sex is a gift from God that allows human beings to express their love for each other in a physical manner. It also happens to be the manner in which mammals procreate. Our instructions are to go forth and be fruitful, so I can see the church having an issue with a spouse who won't engage in intercourse with her spouse, but as to whether or not the church can/will do anything about it, I can't be certain.
Well, they at least have to have sex once or it's not a legitimate marriage in the eyes of the church. They have to consumate it.





Other than that, I think the church teaches that married couples are supposed to try to have kids, or at least be open to the possibility of having them.
In the Catholic Church, as well as some other denominations, you are to only have sex in order to procreate. Other than that, sex is a no no.
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Yes. One is not supposed to deny a spouse's reasonable request for sex.
If one person in the marriage refuses sex and is co-erced to have sex it is abuse in the eyes of the law.......and that over-rules the catholic church.





Centuries ago it was the rule......not any more.
The Bible gives us this info. Neither should deny the other sexually except for prayer or other acceptable reasons such as illness.
the only rule in life is to live it your way