Contraception as understood by the magisterium

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, I switched the "subject"to focus on the current discussion.

You wrote below: Now - I think some people (maybe on this list some years ago?) have argued that this means that the teaching only applies within marriage - not also to fornication (or adultery). I disagree with that view.

That was probably me, perhaps others as well. When we start asking not only what the Church teaches but "why," we get into the area of speculation. When I made the case that what makes marital contraception intrinsically evil is its violation of the marriage covenant, I was aware that this would raise a question about non-marital copulation and contraception. That's why I spelled out what seemed to me to be a logical consequence or at least a logical question. And if that is a logical consequence, does that fact affect the basic thesis that sexual intercourse is intended by God to be a renewal of the marriage covenant? I don't think I have positively affirmed anywhere that the doctrine of Humanae Vitae applies only within marriage and that it does not apply to fornication and prostitution etc. However, I confess to having raised that question, and I admit that my raising the question can lead to misunderstandings, etc.

I think that II wrote someplace that the evil of contraception is that it contradicts the truth of the marriage act. If any readers recognize that text and can give us the source, that might be helpful.

We're on the same page regarding what the Church actually teaches. When it comes to the question "Does the use of a contraceptive device or behavior add a second mortal sin to adultery, fornication, prostitution, etc., I would be interested in knowing if this subject has been treated seriously in the light of the writings of II."

Kippley

RE: Re:OT: Emergency Contraception

You might be interested in one of my articles on this topic; go to:

http://www.ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=249

and select

November 2007 - Getting It Right "The Morning-After"

Pax,

Fr. Tad

One more question:

If contraception, according to the teaching of the Church, is objectively immoral, how is it justified even in this case?

Again, why are we working so hard to justify the administration of a contraceptive, regardless of the origin of the possible conception?

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might serve. For the work of God’s Church is never done, so long as time shall

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