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• Even the Canonists themselves were never able to put forward any coherent and consistent ground for the indissolubility of matrimony which could commend itself rationally, while Luther and Milton and Wilhelm von Humboldt, who maintained the religious and sacred nature of sexual union -- though they were cautious about using the term sacrament on account of its ecclesiastical implications -- so far from believing that its sanctity involved indissolubility, argued in the reverse sense. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
• Select quotations from Augustine's anti-Donatist writings enabled some medieval canonists to make him look as if he were justifying the stern measures against heretics adopted in the later middle ages.
• Maybe I am a canonist and insist that all material be from the brain of the creator or at least approved by them. 6 geeky things I just can’t get into
• Canonists also extend the term intrusion to the keeping possession of a benefice by a hitherto lawful possessor, after it has been vacated by violation of certain decrees of the Church. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
• While others can better describe his work with, say, the Institute for Priestly Formation, Cursillo, or Charismatic Renewal, it's Carlson the canonist who interests me. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
• In response, the bishops' conference appointed a subcommittee of canonists who drew up a new set of guidelines responding to the Vatican's wishes.
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• It seems as if you mean that the canonist is looking for an indicator (even if not a definitive one) of the thing the theologian is concerned with. Sen. Ted Kennedy's right to a Catholic funeral
• Whereas the Roman Law assigns to the term ‘intent to get married,’ an emotive or affective quality is what the canonists now sought to convey.
• Using the language of ‘rights’ within the church is often misleading, but since the canonists have chosen to address the question in this way, let us recall some recent history.