Contraception: A History of its Treatment by the Catholic Theologians and Canonists
by Noonan, Jr. John T
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Boston: Belknap/Harvard University Press, 1966. Second printing. Large octavo, original half red cloth over black cloth spine, original dust jacket. About fine.
Second printing of Noonan's history of the classical and ecclesiastical views of contraception, published a year after the first printing. "The first account of the growth of the Church's doctrine from the first century to the present, the forces shaping it, its potentiality for development." The book consists of four parts: Part One. Shaping of the Doctrine 50-450, Part Two. The Condemnation Ingrained 450-1450, Part Three. Innovation and Preservation 1450-1750, Part Four. Development and Controversy 1750-1965. Noonan was a law professor at Notre Dame University and the Director of the Natural Law Institute. The work was awarded the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association in 1965. With Dedication in Latin, Noonan's Acknowledgments, dated "Rome, March 25th, 1965" and prefatory quote in Italian from Purgatorio. A bright, fresh copy.
Second printing of Noonan's history of the classical and ecclesiastical views of contraception, published a year after the first printing. "The first account of the growth of the Church's doctrine from the first century to the present, the forces shaping it, its potentiality for development." The book consists of four parts: Part One. Shaping of the Doctrine 50-450, Part Two. The Condemnation Ingrained 450-1450, Part Three. Innovation and Preservation 1450-1750, Part Four. Development and Controversy 1750-1965. Noonan was a law professor at Notre Dame University and the Director of the Natural Law Institute. The work was awarded the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association in 1965. With Dedication in Latin, Noonan's Acknowledgments, dated "Rome, March 25th, 1965" and prefatory quote in Italian from Purgatorio. A bright, fresh copy.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 203
- Title
- Contraception
- Author
- Noonan, Jr. John T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Belknap/Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Contraception, Birth Control,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Augustine; History;
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