The Works of the Learned Joseph Bingham; The Second Volume - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1726 Excerpt: ...Cordial Love and Union and Friendship one with another, of which I have spoken in another Place. Therefore Con(tantine in one of his Laws / made it a Ceremony of Espousals, being as proper for this Act as any other. And he laid some Stress upon it. For if a Man betrothed a Woman by the Intervention of the Kiss, then if either Party died before Marriage, the Heirs of the Deceased Party were intituled to Half the Donations, and the Survivor to the other Half: But if the Contract was made without the Intervention of the solemn Kiss, then upon the Death of either Party before Marriage, the Whole of the Espousal-Gifts was to be restored to the Donor or his Heirs at Law. And this was made a standing Law by Justinian, who f inserted it into his Code. This Ceremony was an Ancient Rite used by the Heathens, together with joyning of Hands, in their Espousals: As we learn from Tertullian, who fays //, Virgins came veiled to the Men, when they made their Espousals by a Kiss and joyning of their Right Hands together; which was the first Resignation of their Virgin-Bafhfulness, when they joyned both in Body and Spirit with a Man. Now these Ceremonies, being Innocent in themselves, seem to have been adopted by Christians « Ambros. Ep. 34. Dlscede a me somes peccati--quia jam ab alio amatore prxventa sum, qui mihi satis meliora obtulit Ornamenta, &c Annulo sidei sux subarravit me, longe te nobilior & Genere & Dignitate. p Tertul. Apol. cap. 6. Circa fœminas quidemtiam ilia Majorum inltituta ceciderunt, qux Modestix, qux Sobrietati patrocinabantur; cum aurum nulla norat prxter unico digito, quern Sponsus oppigneraflet Annulo Pronuba l Id. de Idololatr. cap. 16. Circa Oflicia privatarum & communium Solemnitatum, ut Togæ purx, ut Sponlalium, ut ...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 123594574X
- ISBN 13 9781235945748
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages688
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