commission comes back saying birth control isn’t a problem
Welcome Mongol,
If you want to know the truth the priests at my parish have been practicing birth control for years. It is called abstinence.
Birth control is not a problem. Never has been. The problem today is that people don’t believe in
birth and they don’t believe in
control. It is artificial birth control that is immoral, pretending to give everything in the act of holy matrimony, but actually lying with ones body and holding back.
Probably not the first time a leader disregarded the opinion of his advisers.
Dear Todd and everyone else, please take my challenge and answer the question below. If you cannot answer it then humble yourself and accept that Pope Paul VI probably (actually definitely) knew a lot more about this issue than you (or I) and take the time to really study the resources I provide in his defense at the link below.
WHY is the credibility of the Church’s position on much stronger ground on account that it happened as it did, than if the commission voted 100% against artificial birth control ?
Please answer this question before continuing reading.
If you cannot answer then please accept my challenge to study the MP3’s I will provide.
Before the
Lambeth Conference of the Church of England in 1930, every Protestant denomination was completely against artificial contraception. At that conference, they opened the door to its acceptance in only special cases. Since then, every single main line Protestant denomination has opened the door to not only contraception but they have completely caved in to abortion - through all nine months - as well.
Why were so many upset and angry about Pope Paul VI’s continuation of the constant teaching of the Catholic Church ? Everyone is free to use contraception. No one is stopping them. The Pope is certainly not going to stop them. They are free to make up their own religion. They are upset because back in the depths of their mind is a conscience that tells them that there is a God, and they are NOT Him, and they are not infallible, and just maybe the Pope is right, along with 1900 years of Christians including even Luther and Calvin on this point.
The commission’s decision in favor of artificial birth control was not a unanimous decision. The Pope had instructed them to keep their recommendation private until he had time to rule on the issue which I believe was over a month later. But some, contrary to the Pope’s instructions went public with their report. Some theologians, before the Pope’s ruling, went on to instruct married couples that it was permissible or even good to use it. When the Pope did not rule on the issue immediately these theologians began to realize that he might rule against their newfound dissent. So they apparently organized behind the scenes. When the Pope gave his decision these theologians were not about to humble themselves and say, “Oops. Sorry. We led you into serious sin.”
No. Humility was not their virtue. They organized an attack against the Vicar of Christ, against the Church, against morality, and even against God Himself.
Who is the Pope? What is his role ? A Statesman, a Politician, an Ambassador ? No to all of those roles. Truth is not decided by majority vote. He is a Prophet of God. His role is NOT to make us happy in this life, but to lead us to true happiness in heaven. He has a prophetic calling to point us to salvation, to the cross of Christ, to heaven.
Those on the commission were appointed by the Pope. If he had wanted to do so he could have appointed only conservative members who would have told him whatever he wanted to hear.
But he knew that if he had appointed only those theologians who accepted the Church’s ancient teaching that people today would just say he stacked the deck with Yes Men. Pope Paul VI was courageous. He purposely appointed theologians who he knew disagreed with the Church’s teaching so that he could hear any possibly good argument that they could make. And when they gave their decision he did not quickly dismiss their reasons, but studied and prayed over their arguments for some time, over a month I believe. Only then did he rule against their immoral arguments that had no logical or theological foundation.
So, happening as it did, we know that Pope Paul VI gave every possible consideration that the dissenters might come up with.
See his prophetic statement and listen to the MP3’s by Janet Smith if you want to educate yourself on her well thought out wisdom in his defense.
defendingthebride.com/pr/consequences.html
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