IX. Sanctions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. SHAPING OF THE DOCTRINE 50 -450
6. I. Contraception in the Roman Empire 9
7. II. The Scriptural Structure and External Sources of Doctrine 30
8. III. Gnostics, Pagans, and the Alexandrian Rule 56
9. IV. The Morals of the Manichees, and St. Augustine 107
10. PART TWO. THE CONDEMNATION INGRAINED 45 0 - 1 45 0
11. V. The Lessons of the Monks 143
12. VI. The Canonists, the Cathars, and St. Augustine 171
13. VII. Contraceptive Techniques: Means and Dissemination in the High Middle Ages 200
14. VIII. The Rationale of the Prohibition 231
15. IX. Sanctions 258
16. X. Counter Approaches 275
17. PART THREE. INNOVATION AND PRESERVATION 1450- 1750
18. XI. New Attitudes and Analyses 303
19. XII. The Rule Preserved 341
20. PART FOUR. DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROVERSY 1750- 1965
21. XIII. The Spread of Birth Control: The Responses of the Bishops and the Pope 387
22. XIV. Permitted and Disputed Means of Controlling Conception 438
23. XV. The Doctrine and the Context 476
24. Appendix: Natural Law, the Teaching of the Church, and the Regulation of the Rhythm of Human Fecundity 535
25. Index 555