Proposals to facilitate canonical marriage between catholics and protestants formulated by the chilean and argentine episcopates at the beginning of the 1917 codification of Canon Law

Abstract

In 1904, shortly after the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Pius X arranged the preparation of the first Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church, which was enacted in 1917. To this aim, bishops were asked to suggest reforms to the canon law in effect at the time. Two Latin-American episcopates, the Chilean and Argentine, proposed the modification of the requirements established by universal canon law in order to facilitate the celebration of marriages between Catholics and protestants. After discussing the context of the subject, the proposals and their fate are studied.