Purcell, Archbishop John Baptist, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1867 October 21
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He extends a cordial welcome home. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo has written him fully of the laws respecting marriages in every one of the States-42. Will Lefevere inform him of the laws of Michigan? 1. Who is allowed to officiate as minister to join people in marriage? 2. What, if any, canonical impediments does his State acknowledge? 3. What facility or difficulty exists in getting a divorce? 4. Can a white person be married to one having any admixture of African blood? 5. Can a Catholic mayor, judge, squire lend his ministry to join in marriage those whom the Church forbids to marry? 6. Does the discipline of the Council of Trent regarding marriage obtain in all his diocese? 7. Does the Church regard a clandestine marriage with such abhorrence as to leave such parties free to contract another marriage with others? 8. Must parties have a license from the Court to be married, or does publication of banns suffice? 9. Must marriages be recorded in Probate or other Courts? No news of their affair from Rome. Bishop Frederic Baraga so anxious to have a decision, Coadjutor, Successor. And now Father Ed Jacker wants to take up a collection to pay the Bishop's debts. :: III-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.
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- Creation: 1867 October 21
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