Canon CII. (Greek
cv.)
Of those who put away their wives or husbands, that so
they remain.
It
seemed good that according to
evangelical and apostolical discipline a man who had been put away from
his wife, and a woman put away from her husband should not be married
to another, but so should remain, or else be reconciled the one to the
other;
but if they spurn this law,
they shall be forced to do penance, covering which case we must
petition that an imperial law be promulgated.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
CII.
Married people who are loosed must remain unmarried or
else be reconciled, otherwise they shall be forced to do penance.
This canon is Canon viij. of Carthage,
a.d.
407, and is found in the
Corpus Juris Canonici
,
Gratian’s
Decretum
, P. II., Causa xxxij., Quæst.
vij., can. v.