Note 1183 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE
Reading edition
The earliest Protestant marriage ritual appears to have been written by Bugenhagen: see the ritual (1523) ascribed mainly to him, published with discussion by Schubert, Die evang. Trauung, 142-53. Compare "Der Bericht Christoph Gerungs von Memmingen über die erste Priesterhochzeit zu Augsburg anno 1523;" ibid., 132-41, showing that the nuptial ceremony is but a confirmation of the sponsalia de praesenti already concluded.