'CATHOLIC MARRIAGES'

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1908, Page 23

'CATHOLIC MARRIAGES'

" A REVIEW IN THE • AUSTRAL LIGHT '

In the course of a lengthy and very kindly review,- the ' Austral Light * (Melbourne) has the following remarks in its July issue on the publication, ' Catholic Marriages,' issued from the office of this paper (is, postage paid) :—: —

' The controversy between the Rev. Editor of the " Tablet " and the Rev. C. W. Carrington, an Anglican clergyman of Christchurch, has at least this one great result : that it has given birth to one of the most eloquent and convincing- pamphlets it has been our good- fortune to peruse. The' case between

Father Cleary and his opponent is. clearly stated in the correspondence that passed between them, and which forms a portion of the pamphlet ; but in the appended notes, and in the appendix to the pamphlet explaining the position of -the Catholic' 'Church as regards the Sacrament of Matrimony, Father Cleary has reached a clearness of statement and a height of eloquence, given to very few, whilst in argument and dialectics he -has literally pulverised .his .opponent. ... To add to the discomfiture of the Protestant champion,- Father Cleacy has appended to the, correspondence a well-reasoned and exhaustive exposition of Catholic teaching in regard to the invalidating impediments ,cf matrimony, the mission and authority of the Church, the relations of the Church to, the marriage contract, and the invalidating legislation of the Jewish and Christian Churches. In the treatment of these important subjects there is a wealth of knowledge displayed which is but seldom met with in this age of rapid reading and superficial acquirements. 'Stores of learning that have been garnered by the assiduous labors of a strenuous life are spread in rich profusion before the reader, and must prove -no less valuable for their intrinsic^- worth than for the light which they shed on" a topic which is engaging the attention of priest and layman alike at the present time. . . All this interesting matter makes up a well-printed pamphlet "of

152 pages, with a copious : index, and is published hy the" New .Zealand Tablet " Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, Dunedin, at the price of is. 'We consider that the pamphlet is one for which Catholics will be sincerely grateful. . '. '