Note 1184 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE
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Luther, "Traubüchlein für die einfältigen Pfarrherren" (1534), Kleinere Schriften, II, 219-23; with which compare "Der kleine Katechismus" (1529), in Strampff, 340, 341, 422; and the rituals analyzed by Sohm, op. cit., 197 ff. In this connection read Bullinger's discussion of the proper conduct at weddings in Der christlich Ehestand, lvs. 59-68; or the same in Sarcerius, Vom heil. Ehestande, foll. 102-7; also Bidembach, De causis mat. tr., 3 ff.; Forster, De nuptiis, 167 ff.; and Brouwer, De jure connubiorum, 619 ff.
Dieckhoff, Die kirch. Trauung, 108-14, points out that the exchange of rings and the declaration of the marriage to the assembled people, instead of saying to the parties themselves the words "Ego conjungo vos in nomine," etc., are innovations of the Reformation period. For further discussion see Schubert, Die evang. Trauung, 51 ff.; Hofmann, Handbuch des Eherechts, 172 ff.; Richter, Lehrbuch, 1121 ff.; Scheurl, Das gemeine deutsche Eherecht, 63 ff.
For examples of rules and rituals adopted by some of the churches consult Richter, Evang. Kirchenordnungen, I, 31, 32 ("Landesordnung des Herzogthums Preussen"), 330, 331 (Brandenburg), 347-50 (Geneva); II, 47, 48 ("Cölnische Reformation"), 375-77 (Brandenburg); especially Fischer, "Die älteste evang. Kirchenordnung in Hohenlohe," ZKR., XV, 1-48; and compare Meier, Jus, quod de forma mat. valet, 49 ff.; Goeschen, Doctrina de mat., 48-58; Friedberg, Eheschliessung, 212 ff.; Sohm, Eheschliessung, 197 ff., who analyzes the church ordinances.