Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
FP: Treatise On Man
Q98 Of The Preservation Of The Species
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We next consider what belongs to the preservation of the species; and, first, of generation; secondly, of the state of the offspring. Under the first head there are two points of inquiry:

A1 Whether in the state of innocence there would have been generation?

A2 Whether generation would have been through coition?

 
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