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Birth Control and Christian Discipleship by John F. Kippley (1994), Couple to Couple League, 48 pages.

True or false? _____ No Christian church ever accepted contraception as morally permissible before 1930.

True or false? _____ The anti-contraveptive laws of 19th century America were passed by Protestants for a largely Protestant America.

True or false? _____ The leaders of the Protestant Reformation were strongly opposed to unnatural forms of birth control?

All these statements are true. If these facts are news to you, this pamphlet will be an eye-opener and may provide you with an enriched perspective on the moral issues of birth control within the Christian Tradition.

This brief but fully referenced booklet takes the reader from Genesis to the modern sexual revolution. It describes the early Protestant efforts to fight contraception, their outrage at the Anglican acceptance of contraception in 1930, and their gradual acceptance. it shows the social consequences of accepting contraception, tells what the Bible says about birth control, and introduces natural family planning in the context of Christian discipleship. Written for Protestants and for Catholics who think like Protestants, it is informative for fully believing Catholics as well.