Contents
Introduction
Part One: Shaping of the Doctrine, 50-450
I. Contraception in the Roman Empire
II. The Scriptural Structure and External Sources of Doctrine
III. Gnostics, Pagans, and the Alexandrian Rule
IV. The Morals of the Manichees, and St. Augustine
Part Two: The Condemnation Ingrained, 450-1450
V. The Lessons of the Monks
VI. The Canonists, the Cathars, and St. Augustine
VII. Contraceptive Techniques: Means and Dissemination in the High Middle Ages
VIII. The Rationale of the Prohibition
IX. Sanctions
X. Counter Approaches
Part Three: Innovation and Preservation, 1450-1750
XI. New Attitudes and Analyses
XII. The Rule Preserved
Part Four: Development and Controversy, 1750-1965
XIII. The Spread of Birth Control: The Responses of the Bishops and the Pope
XIV. Permitted and Disputed Means of Controlling Conception
XV. The Doctrine and the Context
Appendix: Natural Law, the Teaching of the
Church, and the Regulation of the Rhythm of
Human Fecundity
Index