7 May
2015
7 May
'15
6:20 a.m.
Marriage with a deceased wife's sister, by Mayow Wynell Mayow 48892 [Subtitle: Leviticus xviii. 18, considered in connection with the Law of the Levirate] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/4/8/8/9/48892 ] [Files: 48892-0.txt; 48892-h.htm] For those wishing to know, Rev. Mayow Wynell Mayow (1810-1895) was an Anglo-Catholic vicar and published various short tracts. I'm researching him at the moment and this was transcribed to get an idea of his style/thought. It provides a rebuttal of a scriptural argument being advocated to change English law to allow a man to marry his deceased wife's sister. All the best, David, England with low cloud but rapidly clearing