Familiar Instructions On The Holiness And Dignity Of The Sacrament Of Matrimony
Subtitle: Addressed To Parents And Christian Youth
Publisher: Philadelphia : H. & C. McGrath
Published: 1851
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I. On the dignity of marriage, 9; title: " II. On the sanctity of marriage, 15; title: " III. On Celibacy and Virginity, 20; title: " IV. On the dispositions for receiving worthily the Sacrament of Marriage, 37; title: " V. On the obligation of consulting God on one's vocation to the Marriage state, 88; title: " VI. On the purity of intention, 42; title: " VII. On the obligation of children to obtain the consent of their parents to their marriage, 47; title: " VIII. What views and motives parents ought to have in the choice of a husband or a wife for their children, 53; title: " IX. Of prudence in making choice of a husband or wife, 68; title: " X. Of the choice of a wife 60; title: " XI. Of the choice of a husband, 66; title: " XII. The sad consequences of any error in the aforesaid choice, 69; title: " XIII. Of the precautions of Christian prudence in regard to the interviews between persons promised in marriage, 74; title: " XIV. Of the impediments of marriage, 78; title: " XV. Of the prohibitive impediments, 80; title: " XVI. Of the annulling impediments, 83; title: " XVII. On dispensations, 92; title: " XVIII. On espousals, 95; title: CHAPTER XIX. Of the publication of bant, 97; title: " XX. Of confession as the proximate preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage, 99; title: " XXI. Of the law of the Church regarding the act prescribed for the celebration of marriage, 104; title: " XXII. Of the celebration of marriage, 106; title: " XXIII. Of the indissolubility of marriage, 114; title: " XXIV. Of the advantages of marriage, 122; title: " XXV. Of the deplorable consequences of those marriages where the fear of God does not reign,  125; title: " XXVI. Of the duties of married persons towards one another, 127; title: " XXVII. Of the duties of the spouses towards their children, 152; title: " XXVIII. Of the foundation of a Christian education, 188; title: " XXIX. The means for securing to their children a true Christian education, 146; title: " XXX. Of the duties of children towards their parents, 16; title: " XXXI. The most suitable means for maintaining the fear of the Lord in one's family, 170; title: " XXXII. Other means for inspiring and maintaining Christian piety in a family, 108; title: " XXXIII. Of the necessary inconveniences of mixed marriages, 107; title: " XXXIV. Of marriages celebrated before the civil magistrate, 218; title: " XXXV. Mass for the bridegroom and bride, and the nuptial benediction, 22