Posted on 08/15/2008 10:50:46 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Background briefing:
In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae, a teaching document for Catholics subtitled "on the regulation of birth". This re-affirmed the traditional ban of the Roman Catholic Church on the use of artificial contraception within marriage. It caused shock waves in the Catholic world and beyond. Calls for the Church to re-examine its stance on birth control with the arrival of the pill in the ealry 1960s had led a previous Pope to set up a 72-member commission to re-evaluate the Church's ban on artificial contraceptives. Early reports from the commission suggested the ban would be liberalised and that the use of contraceptives by married couples was not "intriniscally" evil. Public outcry was therefore widespread when the document was eventually published and the ban re-affirmed.. Forty years later, Faith Online re-examines the issue for the modern Catholic.
Most Catholics are using condoms, the contraceptive pill and other forms of artificial contraception and ignoring official Church teaching.
A survey conducted for The Tablet found that two-thirds favoured condoms, more than half the contraceptive pill and almost a quarter the morning-after pill.
The study was prepared by the Von Hügel Institute based at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of Paul VI’s encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which banned the use of artificial birth control. The Institute questioned 1,500 Catholics from parishes across England and Wales about their views on sex, marriage, family life and their faith.
Use of condoms or the willingness to use them was highest among those aged 18 to 35, at over 82 per cent. It was also this age group that responded most positively to the contraceptive pill, with almost 68 per cent indicating that they had either used it or would not mind using
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
LOL!
If the Catholic Church considers abortion a sin, shouldn’t it support contraception?
I think you are supposed to have 1 child (minimum) for each sexual act you have in your life.
There are times and places where the Catholic Church doesn’t get it and this is one of them.
I suggest you read Humanae Vitae and its argument against contraception. Among the things predicted by the pope is the general acceptance of abortion as a means of contraception. For if the end is to avoid bringing a child into the world, people use whatever means are available.
I suggest you read Humanae Vitae and its argument against contraception. Among the things predicted by the pope is the general acceptance of abortion as a means of contraception. For if the end is to avoid bringing a child into the world, people use whatever means are available.
I suggest you read Humanae Vitae and its argument against contraception. Among the things predicted by the pope is the general acceptance of abortion as a means of contraception. For if the end is to avoid bringing a child into the world, people use whatever means are available.
Actually if you read the reasoning behind the stance on contraception it is sadly those who are contracepting that don’t get it.
The logic, and flow from natural law in Humana Vitae so strongly reinforces the Holy Spirits protection of Papal infallability to me that it almost brings tears to my eyes.
Several forms of contraception are abortifactant in nature. Those that are not still, by taking the possibility of procreation out of the equation, render a spiritual act a carnal act.
Jesus lost large numbers of followers by his teaching on the Eucharist. If I understand correctly, a majority of bishops sided with the heretic Arius regarding the natures of Jesus. Fortunately (for us) Christianity isn’t a democratic exercise. We have the Bible and the Spirit-guided Magisterium to guide us.
Very regrettable and certainly due to a lack of faith, and even worse, some apathy and acquiescence on the part of our clergy
Yet there have always been these issues. A high divorce rate among all Christians of various stripes despite what the Bible says, taking our Lord’s name in vain.
The last thing we do is change the natural law to suit the selfishness of man. Did not all Christian denominations reject artificial contraception until the Anglicans broke ranks in 1930?
You guys always beat me to it. It isn’t the people who sanctify the Catholic Church, it is God.
Could you suggest that again? :-D
It should be remember that a lot of “Catholics” are cultural catholics only. It is a sad state of affairs but you can park your ass in a pew every Sunday and still not get what it means to be Catholic.
Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, there were priests who were telling their penitents that the Church was about to change its doctrine on birth control. When the pope refused to go along, many priests—and bishops—basically rebelled against Rome and refused to defend the encyclical. Sort of like those clergy who ignored a much earlier pope’s condemnation of black slavery.
That’s a good one.
What truly amazes me is jut how right Pope Paul VI was in writing Humane Vitae. He foresaw the consequences of the pill so clearly that one just knows The Holy Spirit had opened his eyes.
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