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To: brivette

Byzantine Canon (Church) Law grew out of the civil law of the Eastern Roman Empire and continues to govern the various Orthodox churches.

Second marriages (whether following divorce or widowhood) are permitted, but the wedding liturgy has a slightly penitential tone; third marriages are reluctantly permitted and the liturgy is VERY penitential; fourth marriages are absolutely forbidden.


24 posted on 09/01/2015 3:34:31 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: lightman

Where exactly is that in the Bible? What if your first three spouses died?


33 posted on 09/01/2015 3:45:48 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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