Note 948 — Chapter VII · RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL
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Tertullian, On Modesty, v: Ante-Nicene Fathers, IV, 77. Cf. Meyrick, art. "Marriage," in Dict. Christ. Antiq., II, 1106, who thinks, aside from the religious motive, members might thus avoid the violation of laws of the state with which they were unacquainted.