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The History of Marriage; Jewish and Christian, in Relation to Divorce and Certain Forbidden Degrees

The History of Marriage; Jewish and Christian, in Relation to Divorce and Certain Forbidden Degrees

Luckock, Herbert Mortimer

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ISBN10: 1150247819
ISBN13: 9781150247811
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.15 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... Ifje Hatoss oC flEnglano on the profitbfteti 2Dea;ree0. There is no trace of any distinctive law on this subject, Ecclesiastical or Civil, in the first six centuries of the Christian history of this country. As in the case of divorce so, no doubt, in respect to prohibited degrees, the legislation of the Empire was generally recognised. The first express notice The first of matrimonial restrictions is found in connection ofmatri0' witn S. Augustine's Mission in 597 A.D.1 Finding certain practices at variance with those to which he had been accustomed at Rome, he consulted Pope Gregory, who sent Mellitus and others with replies to his questions in 601 A.D. Two of those questions bore directly upon the prohibited degrees: the first, Whether two own brothers may take in marriage two sisters related to them at a great i The commonly assigned date is 596. He made his first, an abortive attempt in 595, the second in 596, but he passed the winter in Gaul and did not land in England till 597. monial restrictions. distance % to which Gregory made answer, This may be done beyond all doubt, for nothing can be found in the sacred oracles which seems to contradict it. The second question was, Within what degree may the faithful that are related to each other engage in wedlock? or whether it be lawful to be so united with a stepmother or cousin I1 and the Pope's reply was, There is a certain mundane law 2 in the Roman Republic, which allows either the son and daughter of a brother and sister, or of two brothers or two sisters, to be united; but we have learned by experience that the offspring of such an union cannot thrive;... therefore the distance of three or four generations is necessary to legalise marriage among the faithful.... It is also forbidden to mar...

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