Note 015 This story (Zosimus, 1. v. [c. 3] p. 290) proves that the hymeneal rites of antiquity were still practised, without idolatry, by the Christians of the East; and the bride was forcibly conducted from the house of her parents to that of her husband. Our form of marriage requires, with less delicacy, the express and public consent of a virgin.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 29