' CATHOLIC MARRIAGES '

New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 23

' CATHOLIC MARRIAGES '

Ihe third edition of the N.Z. Tablet publication, Cekholic Marriages, is- now on sale at the office of this paper, and- .may be had through' all Catholic booksellers in- Australasian The demand for copies continues to be very active, and judging by the hundreds of orders - already filled and' to hand, there is every prospect of a fourth edition -being called for- in the near future. (Post free, is; cloth, -gold letters, 25.) " - '• . r In the course of a lengthy notice of Catholic Marriages in its latost issue, the Australasian Catholic Record s&ys iri part :— 'Those who have the" advantage" of seeing Father 'deary's' able paper, the N.Z. Tablet, are' familiar with the force with' which he bludgeons anyone rash enough to venture into controversy with him ; they have evidence, too, of his solid and varied learning in political, legal; historical, and social subjects, as well as in those that are directly theological. In reading" *6ver~ the controversy" in the present pamphlet we were " reminded of another famous controversy— viz., that between Father Lambert and the infidel, Ingersoll. Father Clcary has many points in common with the American controversialist; there is lh> same merciless exposure of fallacies, the same insistence on' sticking to the point at issue, and the same wide knowledge If we were to express any qualification of our admiration for father deary's methods, we would be inclined' to -say that he too often uses the battle-axe instead of the rapier. 'But even when these deductions are allowed; Father deary's methods are at l< as < very effective; and effectiveness, after all, is what is looked for in controversy, as in sword-craft. He is especially strong where he shows that the Church, in dealing with impediments to the matrimonial contract, only does what the State does in civil contracts-nay, even what it does in regard to marriage itself. He is overwhelming when he points out that the churns of the Church in this matter are moderate compared with what " the Church as by law established " has done in declaring valid marriages to-day what yesteiday it d*clared to be incestuous concubinages." Father deary is to be thanked and congratulated on his splendid achievement ,and we hope every pr , est show pi . act ; cal gratitude . b purchasi J d reading Catholic Marriages.'