Catholic sources explain that it was in the second century C.E. that professed Christians first adopted a Stoic rule according to which the sole lawful purpose for marital intercourse was procreation.
दूसरी सदी के दौरान, मसीही होने का दावा करनेवालों ने सबसे पहले स्तोइक नाम के तत्त्वज्ञानी का एक उसूल अपनाया था ।