Canon Law Meets Unintended Consequences: The Church of England and the Clandestine Marriage Act of 1753*

From: Anglican and Episcopal History | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: Francis, Keith A | Copyright information

The proof of Clandestine Marriages as now celebrated is attended with insuperable difficulties.

Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, 1753

The many notorious and scandalous Abuses of the Sacred Institution of Matrimony, which have been justly complained of for some Years past, could not but give Uneasiness to every serious and devout Christian.

A Gentleman of the Temple, 1754

Canon law is "the collection of rules, found in a diversity of sources of formal and other regulatory...

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