Note 1178 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE
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Luther would have entirely rejected the canon law, but even in his immediate environment he gained no following. Theologians and jurists alike accepted it as generally valid, giving it precedence over the Roman law. Only the Scriptures were a higher authority. Compare Mejer, Zum Kirchenrechte, 170, 156 (Kling); idem, in ZKR., XVI, 44-48, 73.