The views of Bishops on sex are always. given great prominence the British Press, "and this week there hap been considerable excitement over the revelations that have been made by the Bishop of [Liverpool concerning the discussions lof the Bishops at last year's Lam-[beth Conference on this topic. "Ap-Parently some of the delegates, mainly those who had no experience themselves of married life, went. 60
ship in marriage must be regarded far as to say that sexual relation jonly "as a regrettable necessity" Jand that married couples should be jeclibate except in so far as it_is desirable to have children. The! [discussions were regarded as of the greatest importance to the life of the British Empire and accordingly they were held in the greatest secrecy. Two of the Bishops, how-lever, have recently written articles Jon the subject, marder to explain ithe divergence of views amongst the heads of the Church on. this question. The Bishop of Liverpool supports the majority of Bishops [who refuse to. condemn birth control, and he points out-that the four main grounds that the majority; urged against birth control were that Christian tradition was agains it, that it was unnatural, instinctively repugnant and would open the] way to indulgence and unfettered freedom He asserts, however, that this confusion amounts to saying that parents have no right to regelate the number of birthS except lby complete abstinence.
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