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 CHAPTER XVI. M&TISIMOIY. l, TsB Doc'Ftu rr&TwD. 1. Council of Trent cited: t Tho doctxM miniriced to the Church The Council of Trent, at its twenty-fourth serodom, hold November 11, 15433, took up the subject of matrimony, lind, having explained their visw of thio institmion, present us with twelvo cansre, enforeed by as many annAhennas. Certain enasent accompuy thio doeroe, purporting to provide for the "reformation of matrimony. '�the ob- storyreiGns of the souneff, preeeding the decree, they take occasion to rorer to e institution of' marrings at the ctutiou; the  of Paul, Eph. v, 25, 32. Fhe council also state that the/s er  feftmt, whom they mill , n,ptf sun, &c., haee raved  and indulged wrong thoufhto eoucorng  meremeat, and have wtten Stinst the aentimenm of the Caflmtic Chnh. Thoudie ommeil. coxbshttie "Therefore, dais holy and uivorul eomcil, &mirhg to prevent such reshness, hath determin6d to dostroy the infamous sesieo md ermm of the befmtnsfnsd schi lear ninny more . 11owiag tmmhem are decreed asuim thom heretics end their These are the canons containing the an or eu'Me, to which the council refers. "mon 1. Vv"aoewr shall afftrm that matrimony is not tndy and pro- porlF one o_the. 8?ven.sremen.ts of the evangelical law, instimtod .by C;Izrtst our tom, but tJmt it is a human invention, introduced into me church, and does not confer grace; let him be accureed. "2. NVhoever shall affirm that Christhals my have  wives tha_ one, and that thb is prohibited by no divine law; let him be acmued. "3. Whoever shall affirm that only those degrees of consanguinity or affinity which are mentioned in the book of Leviticus can hinder or disannul the marriage contract; and that the church hn no power to dispense with some of them, or to constitute additional hinderance or renons for dinnuunig the contract; let him be seeursed. "4. Whoever shall afFmn that the church cannot constitute any ira. pediments, with power to dinnnul matrimony, or that in constituting them she has erred; let him be accursed. "5. Whoever shall aftran that the marriage bond may be disre)Ired by heresy, or mutual dislike, or voluntary absence from the hushnd or wife; let him be accumed. "6. Wboever shall amu th a mmrriafe ooiemmod b not eou* 1

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