This is an article about moral theologian Štefan Steiner, a professor of moral and pastoral theology at Ljubljana Faculty of Theology. He was one of the first lecturers at then newly established Unit of Faculty of Theology in Maribor, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of the founding last year. Steiner was undeniably theologian of The Second Vatican Council and due to his contribution, moral theology in Slovenia moved away from the extreme legal perspective on the moral laws. The same year (1968) Steiner started with his lectures at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology, the encyclical Humanae Vitae was released. Steiner introduced the morals of the encyclical to the broader public. He went down in history of the moral theological discussions with the so called casus perplexus (perplexing case) principle, which arises when it is impossible to fulfill two moral conventions at the same time, when they are equal to each other. Because of this principle, Steiner faced an opposition and a process before The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which confirmed his standpoint.
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