Christian views on contraception
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Many Christians, particularly the Roman Catholic church object to contraception. Some evangelical Christians agree with this position.
This morality is based on an interpretation of the following Biblical passage:
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."" Genesis 1:27-28
By many, this is considered proof that God commanded man to procreate.
History
There had been a long-standing general Christian prohibition on contraception and abortion, with such church fathers as Clement of Alexandria and Saint Augustine condemning the practices. At the 1930 Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Communion changed its position by allowing for contraception in limited circumstances. Every other large Protestant denomination has since modified its view on contraception to one of approval.
Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic church is the only major Christian church that still holds to the historical Christian teaching banning artificial contraception. The papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (On Human Life), by Pope Paul VI, solidified the teachings of the church, saying that contraception removes the last barrier to pre-marital sex.
