Note 212 — Chapter XI · HISTORY OF SEPARATION AND DIVORCE UNDER ENGLISH AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
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Luther, Von Ehesachen: in Strampff, 297, 298, 392, where he names Pfarrer and Oberkeit as co-ordinate authorities in such causes. On the significance of Oberkeit (temporal magistracy) see Stölzel, Entwicklung des gelehrten Richterthums, I, 207 ff.; and compare idem, Ueber das landesherrl. Ehescheidungsrecht, 22, 23.