Ewangelickie oraz katolickie nauczanie o antykoncepcji jako sporny obszar dialogu ekumenicznego
The Evangelical and Catholic teaching about contraception as a disputed area of ecumenical dialogue

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to look at the problem of contraception in the ecumenical context. A special occasion for such reflection is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication by Pope Saint Paul VI the Humanae vitae encyclical on the regulation of birth (1968). It is known that the Catholic Church in its official statements completely differently evaluates the use of contraceptives than the Evangelical Churches. Evangelicals, like other Protestant communities, already in the 1930s accepted contraception as a form of responsible spouses’ approach to parenthood. In the Catholic Church, contraceptive methods are treated as wicked, opposed to the morality of a marriage act. The subject of contraception is therefore still a controversial area of ecumenical dialogue. Nevertheless, the statements of some theologians or Catholic bishops referring to the teaching of Pope Francis may perhaps change something in this matter.

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