The Encyclical Humanae Vitae: A Sign of Contradiction

by Dietrich von Hildebrand

Publisher:

Hildebrand Project

, 2018

Overview

Dietrich von Hildebrand’s The Encyclical Humanae Vitae: A Sign of Contradiction was published mere months after Pope Paul VI promulgated the eponymous encyclical. The much-anticipated encyclical quickly proved to be among the most contentious papal documents ever published; the uproar against it was immediate, intense, and widespread—even, perhaps especially, among Catholic intellectuals and clergy in Western countries.

It was in this milieu that Dietrich von Hildebrand published his The Encyclical Humanae Vitae: A Sign of Contradiction, and in doing so, became one of the first Catholic intellectuals of public stature to defend the encyclical.

Product Details

• Title: The Encyclical Humanae Vitae: A Sign of Contradiction, An Essay on Birth Control and Catholic Conscience
• Author: Dietrich von Hildebrand
• Publisher: Hildebrand Project
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 115
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI). Humanae vitae; Birth control › Religious aspects--Catholic Church
• ISBNs: 9781939773135, 193977313X
• Resource ID: LLS:NCYCLCLCNTRDCTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:25:51Z

About Dietrich von Hildebrand

Dietrich von Hildebrand (October 12, 1889 – January 26, 1977) was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Pope Pius XII “the 20th Century Doctor of the Church. ” Pope John Paul II greatly admired the work of von Hildebrand, remarking once to von Hildebrand’s widow, Alice von Hildebrand, “Your husband is one of the great ethicists of the twentieth century.