Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe

CHAPTER XXIV.

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OF THE FAMILY--MONOGAMY--MARRIAGE-TIE INDISSOLUBLE.

Woman ennobled by Catholicity alone--Practical means employed by the Church to raise woman--Christian doctrine on the dignity of woman--Monogamy--Different conduct of Catholicity and Protestantism on this point--Firmness of Rome with respect to marriage--Effects of that firmness--Doctrine of Luther--Indissolubility of marriage--Of divorce among Protestants--Effects of Catholic doctrine with regard to this sacrament, 135