| Titre | LIMITER LES NAISSANCES. LE CAS DE CONSCIENCE DES CATHOLIQUES FRANÇAIS (1880-1939) | |
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| Auteur | Martine Sevegrand | |
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Revue |
20 & 21. Revue d'histoire Titre à cette date : Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire |
| Numéro | no 30, avril-juin 1991 | |
| Page | 40-54 | |
| Résumé anglais | Limiting births, the French Catholics' case of conscience (1880-1939), Martine Sevegrand. The demands of the Catholic church concerning fecundity and birth control have met with tenacious resistance in France since the 19th century. This does not come only from lay catholics subtracting their conjugal life from the Church's judgment so as to practice birth control, but also from priests careful not to lose their flock. The silence adopted by many confessors in spite of the Roman directives is witness of a deep malaise vis-à-vis the traditional doctrine concerning fecundity and continence. The solemn reaffirmation of that doctrine by a papal encyclical in 1930 only delayed public expression of questions and criticism within the Catholic church. | |
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