(1998) *** St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom condemned contraceptors as “stand[ing]” with heretics (On Galatians 5, PG 61:668-669) and as doing the work of “murderers” (Homily 62 on Matthew 19, PG 58:599). St. John is referring to castration. Castration is, of course, an extreme form of contraception–but it is nonetheless a form of contraception, […]
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