The Church’s view on abortion and marriage transformed Europe
by Olof Edsinger, Evangelical Focus:
The first surviving Christian writing outside the New Testament, Didache, already makes a statement against abortion, infanticide and paedophilia.
We have all heard about the “abdominal” issues. The issues that are considered too much for the Church to deal with and that its environment challenges it to give up. It’s about abortion, views on sex, pornography, the definition of a marriage.
At the same time, there are a few issues with which people today struggle as much and not all women find the procedure unproblematic.
Campaigns like #prataomdet, #mörkertalet and #MeToo have put the spotlight on thousands of women (and men) who have been subjected to sexual abuse. There is no doubt that we are touching an area where significant parts of the population are suffering – also (or not least?) in secular Sweden.
Something we rarely talk about is that “abdominal” issues are a central part of Christianity’s contribution to Western civilization.
Starting with abortion, we can note that the first surviving Christian writing outside the New Testament, Didache, already makes a statement against abortion and infanticide as well as paedophilia.
This teaching quickly led to a much better gender balance in the Christian community than in society at large. Indeed, an overwhelming proportion of all newborns thrown on the rubbish bins at that time were girls.
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