Note 943 — Chapter VII · RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL
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Sohm, Eheschliessung, 107-52; idem, Trauung und Verlobung, 58-109. In opposition to Sohm's view, Sehling, Unterscheidung der Verlöbnisse, 138 ff., 165 ff., contends that the sponsalia (betrothal and nuptial promises) of the mediæval canon law are derived from the law of Rome. Such also is the position of Zoepfl, Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte (4th ed.), III, §§ 81 ff.; Schulte, Handbuch des kath. Eherechts (1855), 37, 278; Walter, Kirchenrecht (14th ed.), § 298; and Loening, Gesch. des deutsch. Kirchenrechts, II, 601, following Sohm in the main. Schubert, Die evangel. Trauung, 37, takes a medial position: "die Kirche bildete ihr eigenes Recht in Anlehnung an das deutsche Recht aus." Scheurl, Entwicklung, 93, 94, 95 ff., passim; idem, Das gemeine deutsche Eherecht, 14, 15, reviews and criticises Sohm on various points. Friedberg, Verlobung und Trauung, 25, contrary to the position taken in Eheschliessung, 6, 202, accepts Sohm's view, but with reservations. See also his Lehrbuch, 339 ff.