There is a salient point missing from this discussion. Historically, the father had a natural incentive to get his daughter married or in a convent at a young age. Basically, it boils down to the cost of raising a daughter.
For example: A father has two daughters. One of them gets married at 18. The other gets married at 30. The father will have to provide financially for his second daughter an additional 12 years that he did not have to with his first daughter.
But when the father sends his daughters out into the world for university and other modern reasons, this natural incentive disappears. His role as a father becomes nebulous and things get really messed up and confusing.
We need fathers who truly know their mission is life. That mission is to help their family get to heaven. If they are unable to do this, it will cost them literally (financially) and figuratively (maybe losing your soul).
Topic: Church fathers on finding a husband? (Read 13326 times)