Contents Introduction Part One: Shaping of the Doctrine, 50-450 I. Contraception in the Roman Empire II. The Scriptural Structure and External Sources of Doctrine III. Gnostics, Pagans, and the Alexandrian Rule IV. The Morals of the Manichees, and St. Augustine Part Two: The Condemnation Ingrained, 450-1450 V. The Lessons of the Monks VI. The Canonists, the Cathars, and St. Augustine VII. Contraceptive Techniques: Means and Dissemination in the High Middle Ages VIII. The Rationale of the Prohibition IX. Sanctions X. Counter Approaches Part Three: Innovation and Preservation, 1450-1750 XI. New Attitudes and Analyses XII. The Rule Preserved Part Four: Development and Controversy, 1750-1965 XIII. The Spread of Birth Control: The Responses of the Bishops and the Pope XIV. Permitted and Disputed Means of Controlling Conception XV. The Doctrine and the Context Appendix: Natural Law, the Teaching of the Church, and the Regulation of the Rhythm of Human Fecundity Index
