DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
ARCHBISHOP'S ATTITUDE. ■ ; SUCH MARMAGES SHOULD NOT BE. • INCIIURCH. ' , BUT ENCUMBENTS. MAY THINK . ' ......... OTHERWISE. . DY TELEGRAPH —TIIESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT ; (Roc. Oct. 25, 10.43 p.m.) ' ',1; London, October 25. The Archbishop off Canterbury) in a lettoi to .the clergy and the'laity of his diocess, says ho believes that tho clergy will act' wisely and rightly in saying that marriagJS with a deceased wifo's sister, \vhen they occur under the statute .liiaking them permissible as civil contracts, ought to occur elst>, whero.than ii< Church, but his advice (H : s Grace adds) is ndyicb [only, not formal direo»' tion or injunction; and lie mil not regard ad disloyal '.or 'disrespectful 'any incumbent wh'j, after carefully weighing. the whole circumstances, comes to a different decision. ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 5
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