Immediate Animation and Delayed Hominization. [From: Theological Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, March, 1970]. Theological Studies is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada.

Donceel, Joseph F.:

Published by Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage Publ., 1970

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pp. 76-105. With dedication by the author. - Pencil annotations, otherwise a good copy. - From the text: In the discussions which have recently flared up again about the morality of induced abortion, one of the most important questions is that of the time of animation. The main, though not the only, reason why abortion is condemned by Catholic moralists is that it amounts to the killing of an innocent human being. This supposes that from the moment of conception the embryo is a human person. Nowadays the great majority of Catholic thinkers take for granted that it is, that from the start the fertilized ovum possesses a spiritual soul (theory of immediate animation). This opinion has not always been the majority opinion in the Church. Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, and many of the great Scholastic thinkers held that the human soul was not infused at the moment of conception, but at some time between conception and birth (theory of delayed animation). This theory has always had defenders in the Church, from Aquinas to Alphonsus Liguori, from Cardinal Zigliara to Cardinal Mercier. It might well be due for a revival, and I would like to examine some of the reasons which induce me to expect this. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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• Title: Immediate Animation and Delayed Hominization. [From: Theological Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, March, 1970]. Theological Studies is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada.
• Publisher: Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage Publ.
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• Binding: Original brochure, stapled.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 550 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion / Theologie