Assertion: marriage's law | /r/HasProperty | observed
Facets:
value: as a matter of fact
type: MANNER
value: in the seventh
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the Seventh and down to the end of the Tenth Century, as a matter of fact the law of celibacy was little observed in a great part of the Western Church, but as a matter of law the Roman Pontiffs and the Councils were constant in their proclamation of its obligation.