Humanae VitaePaul VI
Humanae Vitae
by Paul VI · first published 2016
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…Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas 14th century: The Divine Comedy (includes Inferno) by Dante Alighieri 20th century: Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Humanae Vitae (Theology of the Body) by Pope Paul VI
on “Ask HN: Which is the best spiritual book you have read?” ↗…connubii, Pope Pius XI, 12/31/1930: released to coincide with the Anglican Lambeth Conference. Paragraphs 45-48, 51, 63-67, 71, 75, 106. https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/docume... Humanae vitae, Pope Saint Paul VI, 7/25/1968: released in response to the hormonal contraceptive pill (not to mention the "sexual revolution" while the Vietnam War raged on). HV is remarkably short, and I recommend…
on “How the Military Is Using E-Girls to Recruit Gen Z into Service” ↗…... They also don't really attempt to control most, let alone all, domains of of members' lives. Really? "The Catholic position on contraception was formally explained and expressed by Pope Paul VI's Humanae vitae in 1968. Artificial contraception is considered intrinsically evil, but methods of natural family planning may be used, as they do not usurp the natural way of conception." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_birth_contr...
on “We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult” ↗…of love between man and wife, that can't be dissociated from breeding. It is not only for breeding, but it must be conducive to breeding. It is laid out in very expressive form, if a bit long, in the Humanae Vitae Encyclical Letter by Pope Paul VI. If you don't wish to read the whole text, lookup points 12 and 14. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/docume...
on “The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary” ↗False. "In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, "Human Life"), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence. Contraception…
on “Should Prostitution Be a Crime?” ↗> Christianity provided social services that improved reproductive rates Social services, and perhaps this might have some impact: "In 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, “Human Life”), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence." https://www.catholic.com/tract/birth-control
on “In search of a truce in the autism wars” ↗…thus your position would never be able to be adopted in the Catholic Church. Technically, yes. The official stance of the Catholic Church is that contraception is immoral - solidified by Pope Paul VI's "Humanae Vitae" in 1968[0]. However, that part of the doctrine is extremely contentious (even at the time it was written) and ignored by most Catholics. The church held a commission on it a few years earlier and they…
on “Credibility Requires Accountability: Monitoring Priests’ Cellphones” ↗…Catholic Church states that “legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or contraception).” St. Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae, the landmark encyclical reaffirming Church teaching against contraception, on July 25, 1968. In the encyclical, Paul VI warned of serious social consequences if the widespread use of contraceptives…
on “I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]” ↗Humanae vitae by Pope Paul VI, July 25, 1976 https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/docume... Consequences of Artificial Methods 17. Responsible men can ... first consider how easily this course of…
on “AI as Normal Technology” ↗It is in fact dogma that IVF is forbidden to Catholics (see Humanae Vitae #12 and the Catechism #2376) https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/docume... https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/secti...
on “Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of mitochondrial disease” ↗…until the earth is covered completely and to a considerable depth with a writhing mass of human beings, much as a dead cow is covered with a pulsating mass of maggots.” Here is the papal encyclical “Humanae Vitae” by the way if you are interested in why the Church considers birth control to be harmful: https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/docume...
on “Nearly 30% of people under 30 support gov't surveillance cameras in every home” ↗