The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

breath In fact. il advised a gnnst remar
rage. Petnyius. though deiender OF the
T-identine DEGREES. believed that the true
reading was: Are not forbidden TO marry.
However that may be. 1t Is wei sntd by Bishop
Christian synod would ever have prescribed
discussion OF sin What council would ever
Gdrse any man 70 abstain from killing or
stealinR. or from the remnrriage IN question.
Il this were generally held to be equivalent
As 10 pope Gregory III and Pope Zach
arias / am only concerned 10 Justify the
statement which | made in my letter 10 the
Cardinal and that shall now do. This is
W hat ! said. some writer's also a0lrm that
tho Apostolic Constitution III. ~ plainly
allowed the right of remarriSge. and that
Pope, Gregory III. and Pope Haeharlas r a.
lowed remarriage to the innocent The
writer's 10 whom | referred are. first. DR..
Pussy lsee his famous Note O. on page ial
Of Hodgson's translation Of Tertullian, Ii
brary OF the Fathersl second Bingham tsee
his monumental work on Christian Antiquity.
page i2l0): third Archbishop Cranmer Csce
Burnet's -History OF the Reformation, vol
ume H.. page 90 where Cranmer il given
as authority for tn" same statement Inc
at issue since Pope Znchnrus in q letter 10
Boniface Acknowledges that his predecessors
had sold permission for unc4nnoneai mar
And now word more ~ To- annulling I'M
pediments. stated that the DISTINCTION
between these numerous cases Of annulment
OF marriage and the dissolution Of murringe
is theoretical rather chan practical
separstions brought about by HE declaration
OF annulment in the Roman Church in COM
parisOn with the 10000 divorces that took
place in the United States;- This comparison
Il entirely beside thu. mark The Episcopal
Church would Acknowledge III" validity
divnrccs nm tale mace in the tinted
States. Let the professor produce In
lions aud annulment7 granted by the
Roman Church Ia ;Au United .atc9 in
single year. and the number Oi innocent
parties married again hy the clergy Of the
Ef.fa mil on Il
furnish fair ground OF comparison. il should
H.. 10 ra1na,, harcd nm MAJ NOR. than 4, ,r "a
,r en-, 81 ne "a, 90 Jivorces ,yer,. granted
pcI ~ W. w "LVaL ainr. tb, r,i,1n,ai
lor the Giinse Nplch Nioh' tHr ii't'o"pn
Church nlloWH a. u kfounu 9l rN,''nl ipn 70
indissoluhilitt II must "lso n' t"n'mp'rtd
that large proportion OF thls vast nHnlbsr
OF divorces are. strictly speaking, only Judi
cinl separations It miaSG Il H0ro aud NOT
absolute divorces and the Roman Church
does not prohibit such separations I have
no mean Of 1iduiugto vhat extent the power
&C. n.,,,i,(.i,, IA liSr.usstion - .Nprc.rd
hy me roman 'hut.n 10 tu" i',','.i, 4Ei.,
nut tt"t' o'n Dt 'n ''3,Io, ,n i ~ ,,, M,.4in
ASe- re :, |huats Nv SUI LIZ, ,5 -
Nve'"'i " ~ ''iN''' 20 '''' -''- ' W.
CO ft r,.e toH 2iJ, and candid uritcr Dr
Ellioti howard. ~ ms hl-so'N III i,aiino-
MAJ ms tuition. makes 'he '@'ios'As re-
10 an inten'S hha putpGs.s ni,u qLiy luag'ns
TON a tauohHl inoueIn s,all W. uc.Ire OF
= no We S nbtcg th4i .bcr r1lscd l
!, canoa y. ,s HuIus'I M, ~, 800 ,s Hu
s,Ist,d ynenlv Tor those WIN were nbe Ia nav me
ecclcsisstlcu Judge for nnding a WAY thrnigh Inc
tortuous maze OF forbiddcn deg rrc, In a divorce
procedure. incorporating under the guisc OF action
Tor nullifying spurious marriages iurscd the germs
OF perjury and fraud; When both persons were
willing to separate. the matter must have been
Easy enough ~ col!uslon ana Whch one consor
was trcd % the ,oinSI, We cgclfslesical court.
c ies,'iig ~ ju,' -, an, ,., h. o., ,,,.
:, ~ s ia ,.ep W & me-, ~,
cover no irl1ciin,Snfa1 driHcns. or cause when