CHAPTER VII

. RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE

CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL 287-320

I. The Primitive Christian Benediction, the Bride-Mass, and the Celebration _ad Ostium Ecclesiae_ 291-308

II. The Priest Supersedes the Chosen Guardian, and _Sponsalia per Verba de Praesenti_ Are Valid 308-320

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