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12 - The Decree on Marriage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

By
Gabriella Zarri
Edited by
Nelson H. Minnich
Nelson H. Minnich
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

The Council of Trent defended matrimony as a sacrament, reaffirming traditional Catholic teachings, butalso putting an end to future clandestinemarriages by imposing conditions for the marriage contract to be valid, assuring the free consent of the spouses, making it public, bringing the rite under the control of the clergy, and keeping an official record of the ceremony. It forbade divorce while not condemning the practices of the Orthodox.

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matrimonyclandestine marriagedivorcecontract.
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The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent , pp. 242 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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