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Puritans were actually very pro-sex (within marriage), which was a marked contrast to the pro-celibacy views of Roman Catholicism, and opposite the view of the
by lotharbot 10y ago
Puritans were actually very pro-sex (within marriage), which was a marked contrast to the pro-celibacy views of Roman Catholicism, and opposite the view of the Shakers.
See, for example, http://www.challies.com/quotes/the-puritans-and-sex http://www.challies.com/quotes/the-puritans-and-sex which quotes quite a few Puritan writings.
- Chris2048 10y agoRoman Catholics are pro-celibacy? You mean the priests?
- lotharbot 10y agoyes, sort of -- I mean that Roman Catholicism includes pro-celibacy views, particularly regarding priests (to go along with pro-marital-sex views; it's not single-sided.) The point was to show the contrast -- the Puritans were only pro-celibacy for the unmarried, which they viewed as a temporary state; they had a pretty one-sided "everyone should get married and have lots of sex" view. They themselves considered this to be in opposition to RC views. (And, in particular, comments about the Puritans being anti-sex are way off base.)
- Chris2048 10y agoI thought RCs had the same view? Also - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk :-)