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 1 4 |         Constantine forbade by a law the practice condemned in
 2 4 |        Hefele also agrees.]~This law was frequently enacted by
 3 10|          with the ecclesiastical law, ~then let the choice of
 4 10|          province should ~become law, beginning with the province
 5 10|        future to be ~received as law on two points which custom
 6 17|          crimes which the civil ~law punished with death, exile,
 7 19| departing, the ancient canonical law is still to be ~maintained,
 8 22|        Nazianzum considered this law among those which had ~long
 9 23|      read in the Book of Eastern Law that "If a ~Metropolitan
10 25|         by divine, ~and by human law. The first is proved thus.
11 25|          is proved thus. Natural law, as far as its ~first principles
12 25|         the name of theft in the Law ~all unlawful taking of
13 25|         being contrary to divine law he ~cites Ex. xxii. 25,
14 25|     Usury is forbidden by ~human law: The First Council of Nice
15 25|    interest allowed by the state law justifiable, were "not to
16 25|         appears to ~be a general law on the subject, enjoining "
17 28|       united to ~her." The civil law went still further, and
18 31|        marriages contrary to the law of Spiritual relationship, ~
19 31|  whosoever shall contradict this law which we have established
20 32|           33), desired to pass a law respecting ~celibacy. This
21 32|       respecting ~celibacy. This law was to forbid all bishops,
22 32|       say these ~historians, the law was opposed openly and decidedly
23 32|         all discussion upon ~the law, and left to each cleric
24 32|          we must conclude that a law was proposed to ~the Council
25 32|          Hosius who proposed the law ~respecting celibacy at
26 32| considered to be subject to this law, because the latter were
27 32|        in its third canon gave a law upon ~celibacy it is quite
28 32|       that it would alter such a law ~on account of Paphnutius.
29 32|          is mistaken in seeing a law ~upon celibacy in that third
30 32|   desired ~that the contemplated law should not include the subdeacons.
31 33|          things according to the law and ordinance ~of the Church.