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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zu Deutschland LH 12, 3, 4
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tabuisse. Certe neque Theodosius neque Iustinianus
Imperatores religiosissimi de legibus matrimonialibus
ferendis clerum consuluere. Verum est, quod paulatim
in occidente post conccersionem populorum barbarorum.
Clerici, quippe soli scientiarum et literarum tunc peri-
ti, rerum matrimonialium cognitionem perinde atque
alias multas ad se paulatim traxerint, et quod ex
jure Ecdlesiastico positiuo impedimenta dirimentia
matrimoniis definita, et secundum ea matrimonia
etiam illustria declarata sint valida aut irrita.
Sed timc non sequitur, jus suum principibus fuisse
ademtum unNam quia causa matrimonialis fori
mixti esti poterat validitas saceamenti examirari
a clericis quod nihil prohibet interim etiam contra-
ctus nuptialis qui saceamenti est basis, valiitatem
examinari a laicis. Et quamvis Ecclesiae ius fue-
rit concessum statuendi impedimenta dirimentia mon
ideo Magistratibus potestas Legistatoria in matri
monialibus fuit ademta. Ergo hac ademtio neque
ex conciliuis, neque ex praxi Ecclesiae probatur. Tri-
dentinum certe Concilium, etsi nullam praetermisit occa–
sionem juris Ecclesiastia conseruandi atque augendi,
a definiendo tamen hoc articulo, quo Principibus
jus in matrimonialibus negaretur, manus abstinuit.
Con-