The “Didache,” a brief anonymous early Christian treatise,
possibly from the first century (some say the Second Century),
also known as
“The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations,”
deals with Christian ethics.
The Didache has several
“you shall not” type of commandments
with respect to how to love your neighbor.
Interestingly, one of them states,
“You shall not kill a child in the womb nor expose infants.”
So even in the First Century,
this was a moral issue that was addressed
by the young Christian Church.
So, it appears the early Christian community
understood not killing the unborn
as loving their neighbor.
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