Conjugial Love (Rogers) n. 254

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254. (18) A third reason for legitimate separation is impotence prior to marriage. This is reason for separation, because the goal of marriage is the procreation of offspring, which the already impotent cannot provide. Moreover, because they know this beforehand, they deliberately deprive their partners of any hope of children, a hope which nevertheless nourishes and sustains the conjugial love of women.


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