DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, March 12, 2007

GOD'S VIEW OF ABORTION

Adapted from an article compiled by L. Edgar Barnhill III, A Resource Manual

The Scriptural Foundation on this issue can be found in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. This position has not evolved. It remains the same as when man, through God, originally set it forth. The first article will, in outline form, examine how the Early Church, the Medieval Church, the Reformation Church, and the Modern Church have presented what the Bible teaches. The second article will examine, in depth, actual teachings from the Bible.

The PRO-CHOICE and MIDDLE-Of-THE-Road's theological underpinnings on abortion are non-existent. A thorough review of their doctrinal statements reveals a total absence of reliance on, or even mention of, the Bible.
They mock God.

The PRO-LIFE forces have a rock-solid Scriptural Foundation for their stance. The Bible is their foundation. Abortion is unbiblical.
Abortion is murder.

[Continued tomorrow]

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”