How should a married couple view procreation?

The answer

St. Clement of Alexandria says, “In this role man becomes like God, because he co- operates, in his human way, in the birth of another man.”¹⁷²⁷

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

¹⁷²⁷ St. Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor or Christ the Educator 2.10 (FOTC 23:164).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.