The Lambeth Conference of 1968 accepts contraception within Christian marriage, against Rome's Humanae Vitae of the same year; the Anglican and Catholic positions on the question publicly diverge.
Tagged: Anglican Catholic Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1968 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- London
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Anglican, Catholic
- Key figures
- Michael Ramsey, Paul VI (Humanae Vitae)
- Key texts
- Lambeth 1968 resolutions, Humanae Vitae
Doctrines in Play
Primary Sources
- Lambeth Conference 1968 resolutions
- Paul VI, Humanae Vitae
Secondary Sources
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0047; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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