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The Early Church on Abortion
The Bible in the Old Testament and the New Testament are exclusively Pro-Life.This is my exegesis of it.
The Holy Bible has God as the Author of Life and that lifeis in the blood. (Genesis 2:7, Deuteronomy 30:20, Acts 17:25, 28
) Only God isentitled to end one's life and to deliberately destroy human life without cause is sinand is punishable by death (Exodus 20:13, Psalm 31:15, Genesis 9:6, Acts 25:11,Matthew 26:52, Romans 1:32, Revelation 13:10, etc.)
Also, the scriptures fullyconvey the personhood of the unborn. The
Bible refers to the unborn as childrennot "blobs of tissue" or "it" plus the unborn is a separate being apart from themother. (Luke 1:36, Matthew 1:18, 23, Genesis 25:21-24, etc.)The Scriptures fully display at Exodus 21:22-25 that if a fight breaks out and apregnant woman miscarriages with a child coming out, but the child and motherlives, a fine is given for punishment for the man. If anyone is harmed leading todeath, whether the child or the mother, then it's life for life, eye for eye, tooth fortooth proving that the unborn child is a person.
 
 
There is no need to abort since God has a plan for all life established at conception.(Pslam 139:13-16, Isaiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:5, Galatians 1:15)
From the Bible, Godknew the plan of Jeremiah before being formed in the belly of the womb. Godhates the shedding of innocent blood. (Exodus 23:7, Proverbs 6:16-19, Isaiah5:20-21) To abort a baby is to kill an innocent.
The baby is inside of the womb with a different blood than the mother's, seperatebrainwaves, and different human DNA making it seperate and independent from themother being a person. God the Son was in Mary's womb. Mary was poor and lived inharsh circumstances so does Mary des erves an abortion possessing the right tochoose? Is Jesus inside of Mary's womb, part of Mary's body? Are the prophets of theOT deserve abortion if their mothers are poor, born out of wedlock, sick mothers,etc. No. Abortion is borderline blasphemy since innocent life is degraded and itdisrespects Christ's birth with a poor family being God in the flesh.Abortion is just directly an interference to the potential of all human life leading toa great life following God. There is a possibilty that the aborted child could be theworld's next great leader, but we may never know or witness since that life is gone.
There is no Biblical justification for abortion whatsoever
. Without further ado,here’s the opinion of the Early Church on Abortion plus Martin Luther and JohnCalvin opposed abortion as well.1).
150 AD Didache "
The second commandment of the teaching: You shall notmurder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not seduce boys. You shall notcommit fornication. You shall not steal. You shall not practice magic. You shall notuse potions. You shall not procure [an] abortion, nor destroy a newborn child"(Didache 2:1)2).
170 AD Mark Felix
"There are some women among you who by drinking specialpotions extinguish the life of the future human in their very bowels, thuscommitting murder before they even give birth." (Mark Felix, Christian Lawyer,Octavius chap. 30)3).
177 AD Athenagoras
"What man of sound mind, therefo re, will affirm, whilesuch is our character, that we are murderers? . . . [W]hen we say that those womenwho use drugs to bring on abortion commit murder, and will have to give an accountto God for the abortion, on what principle should we commit murder?For it does not belong to the same person to regard the very fetus in the womb as acreated being, and therefore an object of God's care, and when it has passed intolife, to kill it; and not to expose an infant, because those who expose them arechargeable with child-murder, and on the other hand, when it has been reared todestroy it" (A Plea for the Christians 35, Embassy chap. 5).
177 AD Athenagoras,
"What reason would we have to commit murder when we say
 
 
that women who induce abortions are murderers, and will have to give account of itto God? For the same person would not regard the fetus in the womb as a livingthing and therefore an object of God's care, and at the same time slay it, on ce ithad come to life." (Athenagoras Plea, ch.35)4).
210 AD Tertullian "
In our case, a murder being once for all forbidden, we maynot destroy even the fetus in the womb, while as yet the human being derives bloodfrom the other parts of the body for its sustenance. To hinder a birth is merely aspeedier man-killing; nor does it matter whether you take away a life that is born,or destroy one that is coming to birth. That is a man which is going to be one; youhave the fruit already in its seed" (Apology 9:8).
210 AD Tertullian
"Now we allow that life begins with conception because wecontend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement atthe same moment and place that the soul does" (Apology 27).
210 AD Tertullian
"The law of Moses, indeed, punishes with due penalties the manwho shall cause abortion [Ex. 21:22]5).
226 AD Minucius Felix
"There are some [pagan] women who, by drinkingmedical preparations, extinguish the source of the future man in their very bowelsand thus commit a parricide before they bring forth. And these things assuredlycome down from the teaching of your [false] gods. . . . To us [Christians] it is notlawful either to see or hear of homicide" (Octavius 30).
6). 228 AD Hippolytus
"Women who were reputed to be believers began to takedrugs to render themselves sterile, and to bind themselves tightly so as to expelwhat was being conceived, since they would not, on account of relatives and excesswealth, want to have a child by a slave or by any insignificant person. See, then,into what great impiety that lawless one has proceeded, by teaching adultery andmurder at the same time!" (Refutation of All Heresies).
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