Reflection on contraception
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This article offers a medical and theological reflection on contraception, written by a practicing physician from an Orthodox perspective. The author immediately distinguishes between fertility and fertilization: the former pertains to a spiritual quality of love, the latter to biological determinism. From this distinction, he refuses any normative judgment on contraceptive methods as such, holding that evangelical morality cannot be reduced to a code of abstract principles. The central contribution of the article lies in the application of the Orthodox notion of economy, which requires treating each conjugal situation as a unique case. The author also rejects the argument of the "natural" often invoked against contraception, drawing on a biblical anthropology of human responsibility in Creation. Contraception must be neither rejected nor trivialized, but discerned within the dynamic of love and spiritual freedom.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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