Category Archives: contraception

E. Christian Brugger on Contraception Outside of Marriage

E. Christian Brugger is a professor of ethics at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary. In a brief artcie at Zenit.org, he answers the question as to whether the Church’s teaching on the immorality of contraception is limited to the marital … Continue reading

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The Principle of Double Effect and Intrinsically Evil Acts

The Principle of Double Effect (PDE) has been badly misunderstood by most teachers of Catholic ethics, and it is often misrepresented. The main problem is that you cannot understand the principle of double effect, unless you first understand the three … Continue reading

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If you think there is a Translation Error in Humanae Vitae…

If you think there is a translation error in Humanae Vitae, where is your scholarly or theological argument? If you think that Church teaching, on the grave moral matter of contraception, has been badly misunderstood due to that translation error, … Continue reading

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Janet Smith’s new translation of Humanae Vitae

Janet Smith has decided that Humanae Vitae contains a translation error, which, when corrected by her, results in a stunning change in Church doctrine, suddenly limiting the condemnation of contraception to the marital state. This claim is contradicted by many … Continue reading

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Heresy and Contraception Outside of Marriage

Christopher O. Tollefsen: “contraceptive acts are intrinsically wrong, and not merely always wrong within the marital context.” Tollefsen: “even commentators such as John T. Noonan, who believe the Church teaching to be changeable, accept that the Church has throughout its … Continue reading

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Catholic Hypocrisy on the Contraception Mandate

Certain prominent Catholic teachers have, for many years now, been promoting a radical revision of Catholic teaching on contraception. They have proposed a new understanding of that teaching, such that contraception would be moral in many cases. Some claim that … Continue reading

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The Humanae Vitae Translation Error cohort

This post is part one of a series. Cohors What is a “cohort”? Noun: “1. a group or company … 5. an accomplice; abettor”. [1] The HV Translation Error cohort, as I have dubbed them, are a relatively small group … Continue reading

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