Marriage Advice for a Pope: John XXII and the Power to Dissolve (Medieval Law and Its Practice) (Latin Edition) by Patrick Nold
Latin | Dec 1, 2008 | ISBN: 9004171118 | 206 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
The Medieval Church taught that marriage was indissoluble and that consent was the key. Why then could a marriage be dissolved by one spouse joining a religious order after an exchange of consent but before consummation? This question vexed Thirteenth-century academics and, in the fourteenth century, Pope John XXII asked a group of leading theologians and lawyers to study the issue.