Humanae Vitae (Latin: Of Human Life) Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI Sacerdotalis Caelibatus ◄► Redemptor Hominis Date 25 July 1968 Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae on 25 July 1968 Humanae Vitae (Latin Of Human Life) is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and issued on 25 July 1968. Subtitled On the Regulation of Birth, it re-affirms the orthodox teaching of the Catholic Church regarding married love, responsible parenthood, and the continued rejection of most forms of birth control. Mainly because of its prohibition of all forms of artificial contraception, the encyclical was politically controversial, but affirms Church moral teaching from time immemorial on the sanctity of life and the procreative and unitive nature of conjugal relations. Pope Paul VI continued his teaching through 122 Apostolic Constitutions, 8 Apostolic Exhortations, 121 Apostolic Letters, innumerable homilies, letters and reflections, although he saw no need to issue any more encyclicals in the remaining ten years of his pontificate. He rejected the majority opinion of the Pontifical Commission on Birth Control established by his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, presumably on the grounds that he could not change what has been revealed about the subject in the Old and New Testaments. Between 1980 and 1984, Pope John Paul II delivered 129 addresses relating to the nature of marital love dubbed Catholic Theology of the Body, which fully vindicates Humanae Vitae.[1] Pope Benedict XVI called this topic controversial, yet so crucial for humanitys future. Humanae Vitae became a sign of contradiction but also of continuity of the Churchs doctrine and tradition... What was true yesterday is true also today.[2]
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