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The First Social-Justice Struggle

Way of the Fathers

The early Church initiated many struggles for the cause of social justice: opposition to slavery, capital punishment, and other institutions of pagan society. But the condemnation of abortion was singular in its consistency and vehemence, from the very beginning of the Gospel proclamation. LINKS The Church's original social justice struggle https://angelusnews.com/faith/the-churchs-long-fight-against-abortion/ Abortion and the Early Church: Christian, Jewish and Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World by Michael J. Gorman https://www.amazon.com/Abortion-Early-Church-Christian-Greco-Roman/dp/1579101828/ Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West by John M. Riddle https://www.amazon.com/Eves-Herbs-History-Contraception-Abortion/dp/0674270266/ Mike Aquilina's website https://fathersofthechurch.com Mike Aquilina's books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/ Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio