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The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 3

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 17:56:12 +0000

St. Augustine of Hippo Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception, and indeed its larger teaching on marriage, were based on St. Augustine of Hippo’s experience with Manichean heresy and was accordingly, exceedingly “puritanical.” Many centuries later, in the 1960s, there was cause for hope that Augustine’s influence would be overcome. Part 2 explained how [...]

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The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 2

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 14:02:06 +0000

Part 1 explained that Catholic teaching on contraception is part of the Church’s larger teaching on marriage. Both reflect the views of St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 A.D.), who was influenced more by Manichean heresy than Christian tradition. This fact is well documented and is acknowledged by the Augustinian order, which notes that Augustine “developed [...]

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The Catholic Church and Contraception, Part 1

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:26:10 +0000

At a time when relativism has undermined the idea of objective truth, both philosophy and religion are challenged more than ever to defend the insights of reason and faith. Yet at the same time prudence continues to require examining, with courage and humility, any area in which the traditional view may have been mistaken. There [...]

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