LXXI  I.  Bonifacius  VIII.  vo-

tum    castitatis    in     ordinatione

emissum  nuptias  nullas  reddere

primus  asscruit.
Litt.  Apost.  Ad  apostolicce
22  augusti  185 1.
LXXI  1 1.  Vi  contractus  mere
civilis  potest  inter  christianos
constare  veri  nominis  matrimo-
nium  ;  falsumquc  est,  aut  con-
tractum  matrimonii  inter  chris-
tianos   semper   esse    sacramen-


Errors  con-
cerning

68.  The  Church  has  not  the  Christian
power  of  laying  down  what  are  ™=i™as«s.
diriment    impediments   to  mar-
riage.    The  civil  authority  does
possess  such  a  power,  and  can
abolish   impediments  that  may

exist  to  marriage.
69.  In  the  better  ages,  the
Church,  when  she  laid  down
certain  impediments  as  diriment
to  marriage,  did  so  not  of  her
own  authority,  but  by  a  right
borrowed  from  the  civil  power.
70.  The  canons  of  the  Council
of  Trent,  which  pronounce  cen-
sure of  anathema  against  those
who  deny  the  Church  the  right
of  laying  down  what  are  diri-
ment impediments,  either  are
not  dogmatic,  or  must  be  un-
derstood as  referring  to  such
borrowed  power.
71.  The  form  of  solemnising
marriage  prescribed  by  the  said
Council,  under  penalty  of  nul-
lity, does  not  bind  in  cases
where  the  civil  law  has  ap-
pointed another  form,  and  de-
crees that  this  new  form  shall
effectuate  a  valid  marriage.
72.  Boniface  VIII.  is  the  first
who  declared  that  the  vow  of
chastity  pronounced  at  Ordina-
tion annuls  marriage.
73.  A  merely  civil  contract
may  among  Christians  consti-
tute a  true  marriage,  and  it  is
falseeilher  that  thcmarriagc  con-
tract between  Christians  must
alsvavs  be  a  sacrament,  or  that


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Syllalnis.
Krrors  con-
cerning
Christian
marriage.
tum,aut  nullum  esse  contractum,
si  sacramcnluin  cxcludatur.
Litt.    Aposl.    Ad  apostoliccc

22  augusti  1851.
Lettera  di  S.  S.  PIO  IX.  al
Re   di    Sardcgna.   9   settembrc
1852.
Alloc.  Acerbissiviioii  27  scp-

tembris  1S52.
