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Article: Sex, Marriage, and Fin John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1. Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage.(Book review)
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Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1. Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage. By John Witte, Jr., and Robert M. Kingdon. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2005. xxxii + 512 pp. $32.00 paper.
Canon law claimed marriage for the courts of the church. Councils of Protestant cities established marriage courts under their own auspices, giving the new clergy a prominent voice, but under secular oversight. Geneva renounced canon law in 1536, and in 1541, upon Calvin's instruction, the city established a Consistory to adjudicate church discipline, including cases of marriage. The two dozen members of the Consistory, evenly divided between lay elders ...
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