[I]n truth, all men know that they who are under the power of this disease [the sin of covetousness] are wearied even of their father's old age [wishing him to die so they can inherit]; and that which is sweet, and universally desirable, the having of children, they esteem grievous and unwelcome. Many at least with this view have even paid money to be childless, and have mutilated nature, not only killing the newborn, but even acting to prevent their beginning to live [sterilization]"

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[I]n truth, all men know that they who are under the power of this disease [the sin of covetousness] are wearied even of their father's old age [wishing him to die so they can inherit]; and that which is sweet, and universally desirable, the having of children, they esteem grievous and unwelcome. Many at least with this view have even paid money to be childless, and have mutilated nature, not only killing the newborn, but even acting to prevent their beginning to live [sterilization]"" in the context of "John Chrysostom,Homilies on Matthew 28:5 [A.D. 391]) ; as qtd. in "Fathers Know Best Contraception". EWTN. Retrieved 2016-02-14; from the January 1996 issue of "This Rock," published by Catholic Answers; "Contraception/Birth Control". Byzantines.net. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-03-20." to mean that wisdom is timeless.