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Is the husband working at home the ideal?
« on: June 26, 2017, 09:33:09 PM »
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    • The closest I have found to this is in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum §20:
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    the worker [should not]…be…led away to neglect his home and family
    Of course regarding wives (ibid. §42):
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    Women, again, are not suited for certain occupations; a woman is by nature fitted for home-work
    Perhaps earlier encyclicals, such as before or during the industrial revolution, address my question.

    The Three Marks of Manhood (ch. 7) says:
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    Familial poverty…recognizes the desirability of subsistence food production, cottage industries and even, if possible, a father’s working from or in close proximity to home.
    I'm wondering if this statement can be backed up by encyclicals.
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