I just went through the decretal collections in the Corpus Iuris
Canonici, & there is remarkably little on the rite of marriage - just 3
canons under De clandestina desponsatione (X. 4.3) - which even pertain
to this question. None mentions marriage in front of a church. Two
concern disputes over whether a clandestine marriage occured. c. 3
(Lateran IV) forbids clandestine marriages & requires that bans to read
to prevent marriage wiithin prohibited degrees.
tmi
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