1. History and methodology of the study -- 2. The social-control dimension -- 3. The value-selection dimension -- 4. A question of judgment -- 5. Statement of the problem -- 6. The bishops -- 7. Clement August von Galen -- 8. Michael Cardinal Faulhaber -- 9. Conrad Grober -- 10. Franz Josef Rarkowski -- 11. Analysis and interpretation -- 12. Sociotheological implications.