John T. Noonan, Jr., is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, CaliforniaExamines the profound changes that have occurred over the centuries in Catholic moral teaching on freedom of conscience, leading for a profit, slavery, and divorce.Using concrete examples, John T. Noonan, Jr., demonstrates that the moral teaching of the Catholic Church has changed and continues to change without abandoning its foundational commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Specifically, Noonan looks at the profound changes that have occurred over the centuries in Catholic moral teaching on freedom of conscience, lending for a profit, and slavery. He also offers a close examination of the change now in progress concerning divorce.
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