Antonios Spartan
29-05-2005, 07:01 PM
My fellow Christians,
I recently had to renew my driving license, and on the back there is a section regarding whether or not I would be an organ donor in the event of an accident. In the past, I have always answered 'yes' and always believed that would be the right Christian thing to do. However, on recent readings regarding the sanctity of the human body, I feel a little confused. Does anyone know the stance of the Church in this issue? I'm guessing since organ donation is new to this past century, there probably isn't much in the way of Patristic thought to this issue.
with love,
Antonios
I recently had to renew my driving license, and on the back there is a section regarding whether or not I would be an organ donor in the event of an accident. In the past, I have always answered 'yes' and always believed that would be the right Christian thing to do. However, on recent readings regarding the sanctity of the human body, I feel a little confused. Does anyone know the stance of the Church in this issue? I'm guessing since organ donation is new to this past century, there probably isn't much in the way of Patristic thought to this issue.
with love,
Antonios