It was reaffirming doctrine taught by EVERY Christian denomination since the beginning, K.
EVERY single one. The first departure from this continuous witness was the Anglican Lambeth conference of 1930. At that time, other Protestant bodies condemned it, and even Mahatma Gandhi, a Hindu, condemned it. Pope Pius XI condemned in the harshest possible terms.
Martin Luther condemned contraception roundly.
St. Paul, in several places, condemns something he calls pharmakeia. (The usual English translation is "sorcery".) Look it up: pharmakeia in his day involved the mixing of potions. One of the most frequent applications of those potions was contraception. (Abortion was another one.)
You should know that in Orthodoxy, matters of family planning by non abortifacient contraception are left to the couple in prayerful consultation with their spiritual father
Innovation, pure and simple.
Humanae Vitae was ill considered. It was a bad choice and the ramifications of that bad choice are, sadly, plain to see.
Humanae Vitae did not cause a 50% divorce rate, rampant promiscuity, and 1.5 million deaths due to abortion every year just in this country.
I have never disagreed with anything you've said as much as I disagree with this post, K. You are not defending the faith of the Fathers, nor the faith of the ancient church. You are defending a modern innovation and a derogation from the true Christian doctrine concerning sex.
I have never disagreed with anything you've said as much as I disagree with this post, K. You are not defending the faith of the Fathers, nor the faith of the ancient church. You are defending a modern innovation and a derogation from the true Christian doctrine concerning sex.
Ummm . . .
No. Better not.