13. THE QUESTIONS WAS: The Early Church condemned the use of
contraception as a despicable sin, something that was contrary to natural law.
In what century, did the first Christian churches change their minds and decide
it was not a sin?
THE
ANSWER IS
.D
.. 20th century
It was not until the 1930s that
the Anglican Church of England became the first church to cave and allow it in
hardship cases. The other Protestant denominations later followed suit, with
hardship cases becoming all cases. Only the Catholic Church has stood firm on
the moral truth.
For more info:
http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ274.HTM
http://www.catholic-defense.com/contrcp2.htm
http://www.catholic.com/library/Contraception_and_Sterilization.asp
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