Marriage and parenthood : the Catholic ideal
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- Marriage and parenthood : the Catholic ideal
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- 1911
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Marriage and parenthood : the Catholic ideal
Author: Gerrard, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1871-1916
Year: 1911
CONTENTS Page Introduction i Chapter I. Institution and Purpose 7 II. The Sanctity of Marriage 18 III. Choice of a State 31 IV. Choice of a Mate 43 V. Mixed Marriages 58 VI. Between Husband and Wife 69 VH. Conjugal Restraint 82 VIII. Before and After Childbirth 95 IX. The Blessings of Many Children 107 X. Between Parents and Children 121 XI. Sexual Instruction for the Young 139 XII. Catholic Education 152 XIII. The Catholic Family 168 NOTE TO REVISED EDITION I beg to express my grateful acknowledgments to the large number of clergy, medical men, and parents who have so kindly favored me with most valuable criticisms and suggestions. And I desire to make special mention of Surgeon-General Maunsell, C.B., who as President of the Guild of Sts. Luke, Cosmas, and Damian, has been able to secure for me such a wealth of expert opinion. Here and there I have been unable to follow even a very weighty authority, not, however, because I set my own judgment against it, but because it appears to me to be outweighed by a consensus of equally grave authorities. Some few ideas, too, I have decided to omit as pertaining rather to another book which I have in preparation on the attitude of the Churc