Monday, December 22, 2014

Walther, 1906. Chapter 21, “The Persons to be Married: Forbidden Degrees”

Chapter 21, “The Persons to be Married: Forbidden Degrees” (pp. 157-159)

The Bible speaks in several places about how a couple to be married may be related. In “Lev. 18:1-30; 20:10-23; Deut. 27:20-23” there are specifics. People of close relation are not to marry. Walther observes that the marriages of people closely related are a matter of lack of special regard accorded to those who deserve honor. There may be marriage permitted by civil law but not by Church law. Specifically, the case Walther considers common, is marrying to the sister of a deceased wife, which Leviticus 18 prohibits but which has, at times, been practiced frequently

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