Her motive is to obey God. Temporal advantages certainly do follow from the observance of God’s law, but those advantages are not the primary motive of the prohibition of birth-control. The Church cannot wrater down God’s law to suit the passions of men; she must lift men to the observance of God’s law. Whatever timeserving concessions other Churches may make, the Catholic Church stands for the law of God because it is the law of God.
Radio Replies Volume 1 by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble MSC and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty
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