CHURCH AND STATE
DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER MARRIAGES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 1, 11.15 p.m. London, July 1. The Bishop of Oxford, in a letter discussing the Banister-Thompson case, says that church law treats marriage with a deceased wife's sister as incestuous. "Canon 109," he says, "requires us to refuse communion to those contracting such marriages. Since the power to determine the conditions of communion belongs to the church alone, our duty is to abide by the principle, and face the consequences."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 314, 2 July 1912, Page 5
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81CHURCH AND STATE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 314, 2 July 1912, Page 5
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