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Natural Family Planning and the Traditional View on Sexual Relations
The introduction of and widespread insistence on a celibate priesthood seems to have led to a number of views in the Nicene era (give or take a hundred years), which continued to hold sway for a few generations after the Reformation. Thus, for example, it was believed that virginity was – in itself – a…
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Bellisario on Contraception (Again!)
Contraception seems to be a very hot topic for Mr. Bellisario, as he has yet another post on it on his blog (link). Let’s examine what he says: Turretin Fan has posted an audio response to my earlier article on contraception. He claims that since there are not any anathemas attached to the statements by…
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Bellisario vs Portuguese Bishops – An Audio/Video Response
Bellisario has tried to respond to my previous post (link to Bellisario, link to my previous post). I now respond by video (just audio, but with a mostly unrelated slideshow on top of it). This video discusses the fact that Catholicism cannot provide unity on issues like contraception. We sometimes hear claims that Catholicism’s magisterium…
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Contrasting Views on Contraceptive Devices
Although some people (mostly conservative Romanists) would like you to think that the Roman Catholic Church has only one view on contraceptives, the issue is actually one on which there is a degree of disagreement, as illustrated in the following two articles: On the “pro” side, Manuel Clemente, Bishop of Porto (link to article). “Speaking…
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Contraception Excursion
Matthew Bellisario has posted a blog entry responding to Gene Bridge’s comments on a tangential aspect of the on-going Sola Scriptura debate (link to debate) (link to Gene’s comments – first comment – second comment) (link to MB’s Response – caution: large purported image of Jesus at top of site: a fact that will probably…