Refusal of Christian truth could legally count as fornication justifying marriage annulment

Evidence

52. “Contumelia creatoris, que quiere tanto decir como denuesto de Dios et de nuestra fe, es manera de espiritual fornicacion, por que podrie acaescer que serie fecho divorcio entre algunos que estodiesen casados” (Siete partidas, 4:10:3). The legal point here is to equate refusal to see Christian truth with fornication, since fornication is traditionally considered legitimate grounds for annulment of a marriage. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1823 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Polemical categories like adultery fail when applied to another religion’s marriage law; Claiming divine calling let a wife override her husband’s objections. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 608; Alfonso X’s law equated religious disbelief with spiritual fornication justifying annulment. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1823

Broader Connections

• Alfonso X’s law equated religious disbelief with spiritual fornication justifying annulment. #corroborates (0.97) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1823