The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-15
Stricter Provisions to Be Sub
mitted to Episcopal Church,
INNOCENCE TO BE NO AID
BOTH PARTIES TO LEGAL SEP
ARATIoN MUST SUFFER-.

New York, Nov 14-When the gen
eraI conference of the Protestant Epis-
copal church meets in san Francisco
next October, three new canons on the
subject Of marriage and divorce will be
placed before the body for its consid-
grafton.
The first canon is entitled Holy Mat
rimony and Impediments Thereto The
full text of this canon is as follows:
Section Holy matrimOny defined;
"(A)-Holy maUimOny Is an estate
of life which, for the purposes or tnlS
canon, is sufficiently defined IN the
form appointed for the solemnlzatlon
of matrimOny in this church
"CB)-The sOlemnization or holy mat
rimony is a service where the mutual
consent of the parties is given IN the
presence of a minister, who then pro
nounces them. in the name of the Holy
Trinity, to be man and wife.
Sec. 2-ImDediments to matrimony
| defined"
This section defines impediment of
| consanguinity and affinity as stated IN
the books of Leviticus and Deuteron-
| omy.
Provisions For Ceremony.
The second canon drafted deals with
| the subject of the determination Of
/ Holy Matrimony-"
1t is subdivided in four sections. as
| follows:
Sec. 1T shall be the duty of all
! ministers Of this church to conform 10
| the civil authorities relating to mar
riage.
Sec. 2-Every minister who shall sol
| emnize a marriage shall. with out de-
] lay, make such record of same as may
/ be required by the law of this church
| and civil authority.
"Sec. 3-No minister shall sOlemnize
marriage without the presence of wit
nesses. nor without witnesses to whom
! the parties are personally ksOwn, ex-
| cept in case in which it is impOssl bic
! for such witnesses to be secured. NO
minister shall solemnize the marriage
of any person not identified to his sat
! isfaction-
Sec. mo minister shall sOlemnize
marriage between any two persons I'M
less nor until by inquiry he shall have
| satisfied himself that neither person
has been or is the husband or the wife
of any other person living, unless the
former marriage was annulled by de-
cree of some court of competent Juris-
diction for cause existing before such
former marriage
/ Innocence No Protection.
White the above canons erect no bar
riers as safeguard against Illegal mar
/ TiaRes and prohibit marriages by al
] Episcopal minister of any party to
divorce suit whether guilty or innocent
the third canon goes one step further an,
( excludes from all means of grace within
the dispensatiOn of the church any dI
! VOrced person who shall have remarriet
I and be living with husband or wife q
the case may be, while the other party t.
- divorce still is in life. This canon
!, ! which, however, applies only to the o.
Z Tending party Of d divorce, practlcali,
/ t~---- to outlaw the offender as far a
. ! church fellowship goes, and provides 10
: / his readODtion in the fold only on IN
I condition that he come truly penltent ant
{ I safe from the party to the second mar
! riage, or if he should happen to be j.
Immediate danger OF death and show tn
- spirit of true repentance
This canon is suJdivtded into three sec
( t.o--. as follows:
Section mo person divorced 70
causes arising after marriage and marry
ing again during the life time of the otho
party to the divorce shall be admitte
t to baptism or confirmation or recelV
- holy communion, except when peniten
and separated from the other party
: the subsequent marriage. or when PEN
tent and I'm immediate danger of dealt
z but this canon shall not apply TO the N
I nocent party in divorce for the cauS
&, . OF adultery
! "Sec Mo person shall be denied bar
t-.---- or confirmation or the holy con
/ r-llp.on under this canon until AFTER IN
minister shall have given to the peTso
/ due and sufficient notice of such intende
a I denial and of the right of appeal there
, from as hereinbetore permitted. -,
= Section 3 provides for appeal TO tI
T ! bishop of the diocese or missionary oil:
f . tTict, who if he deems the cause SuIncleh
o 2 NAV take council with two nelghborln
s bishops and decide whether there shal I
< any disDenSatiOn-
n Canons IN this form were unanimous
adopted by the committee appointed {
the general conference Of 1898, after col
Of no