Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
FP: Treatise On Man
Q99 Of The Condition Of The Offspring As To The Body
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We must now consider the condition of the offspring -- first, as regards the body; secondly, as regards virtue; thirdly, in knowledge. Under the first head there are two points of inquiry:

A1 Whether in the state of innocence children would have had full powers of the body immediately after birth?

A2 Whether all infants would have been of the male sex?

 
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