THE NE TEMERE DECREE.
Sir, You state quite correctly in today s Herald that the Ne Tome re decree is simply an extension of the marriage regulations laid down by the Council of Trent, but the concluding sentence that "this decree (Ne Teraere) directed that all mixed marriages must be celebrated before a priest 1? °£n. er Dla k e them valid in the eyes of the Church./' tends rather to foster the misconception commfin among non-Catholics that the Ne Temere decree has reference only to mixed marriages. As a matter of u e decree concerns all marriages n ufi- 0116 or of the parties are Lao holies, and enacts that such marriages require for their validity (except in exceptional cases) celebration before the parish priest or his deputy. This is, as you say, simply an extension of a Church law 360 years old (enacted to' correct flagrant abuses),* yet it is only to-day that certain anti-Popery enthusiasts have discovered its anti-Protestant malignity! T A. G. Class. v •January 27.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 4
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