Is Marriage with a Deceased
Wife's Sister Lawful?
As it seems probable that no efforts will be spared on the part of many people in this country to make it a law of the land that a man may marry his deceased wife's sister, it is incumbent on all who fear God to know what His law is on the subject. The law of the land is not always the law of God. The one is made by man, the other by God, which is immutable.
Therefore, if it be the law of God that "a man shall not marry his deceased wife's sister," it is not a question for debate at all.
The Catholic Church, or the Church of Christ, always teaches us by the Spirit of the Word of God. Now, the Church has ever taught, does and will to the end teach from Scripture, that "a man may not marry his deceased wife's sister," or, which is the same thing, "a woman may not marry her sister's husband."
The Church consists of two great parts—the Eastern and the Western.
The Eastern part always did declare "mar-
