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, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the

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. (Before Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England, ecclesiastical matters were governed exclusively by Roman Catholic

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, this did not revive the ban.)

Section 2

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Section 3

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the

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Section 2

Section 3

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