From the time of Genesis until the Anglican Lambeth Conference in 1930, contraception was taught as intrinsically evil first by Rabbis and then by all Christian teachers. This was such a sure doctrine that in his writings Saint Augustine took contracepting married couples to task. This book follows the path that the doctrine took through the ages from the teachings of the Early Church Fathers, through Ecumenical Councils that taught contraception to be intrinsically evil up to modern encyclicals. Times changed, and science changed. Devices became less cumbersome and more effective. The Pill came on the scene about the same time as the Second Vatican Council opened. Against a web of agenda and intrigue, Pope Paul VI saw no justification to change the Church's doctrine. Across the ocean in the United States, a rebellion against the Pope's encyclical, Humanae Vitae formed. The bitter fruits of that rebellion continue to infect the Faithful and the Church and the Society today.
- ISBN10 1300114010
- ISBN13 9781300114017
- Publish Date 22 August 2012 (first published 9 February 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 September 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 157
- Language English