the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Family
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Latin: familia, household)
The basic society of husband, wife, and children; by extension used for all of the same kin. Man's nature and God's appointment (Genesis 1,3) make family life normal and necessary. Man and woman are complementary, and enjoy life in its fulness only by combining their physical, spiritual, moral, social, and economic capacities. The family ordinarily is for the procreation and proper rearing of children, thus perpetuating the human race. The perfect example of family life is the Holy Family. Attacks on family life, in its permanence (divorce), its purpose (birth control), its solidarity (recreation, work, and other interests inconsistent with home life), are sure methods, in logic and in practise, of injuring both Church and State.
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Entry for 'Family'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/f/family.html. 1910.
