> > St. Augustine said: "There cannot yet be said to be
> > a live soul in a body that lacks sensation".
and John Marlow wrote:
> Exceedingly curious that he would use that qualifier, wouldn't you
> say?
St. Augustine also wrote: "Non est homicida qui abortum
procurat antequam anima corpori infusa sit".
But Aristotle already said that. And, recently, also Jacques Maritain
said that.
http://www.cbctrust.com/abortion.html
http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/ecf/npnf102/htm/TOC.htm
http://www.stoa.org/hippo/
http://web.tiscalinet.it/Crisoft/s_agostino.htm
St. Augustine's position and biotechnology are not minor
problems, in Vatican City, these days, as you can read
(unfortunately just in italian)
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/intrptxt/documents/rc_
pc_intrptxt_doc_20001115_vita-umana_it.html
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