Contraception: a History of Its Treatment By the Catholic...
Noonan, John T. Contraception: a History of Its Treatment By the Catholic Theologians and Canonists. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965. x, 561 pp. Publisher's quarter black cloth over red cloth with gilt stamped spine. Near fine in very good price clipped dust jacket. Internally clean. $25. * A historical and legal analysis tracing the development of Catholic doctrine on birth control from the first century through the mid-20th century. Noonan meticulously evaluates how changing social structures, theological frameworks, and the evolution of canon law shaped ecclesiastical stances on marital intimacy, procreation, and natural law, providing the foundational academic scholarship that informed Vatican II-era debates on the subject.
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