What's Accursed Licence of Living? Not Young Marriages!

Not Sure if Someone Prayed for me to See This Video · What's Accursed Licence of Living? Not Young Marriages!

On Anti-Christian Writing: Clement XIII (1766)
Return To Tradition | 11.I.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGikMi0JsE

Debate under part of my comment II:

Hans-Georg Lundahl

If "accursed licence of living" includes promoting young marriages he would have to condemn himself, since he upheld the liberty for men to marry from 14 and women to do so from 12 both in canon law and in the civil authority over the papal states which did not know the 18 / 18 limit before the invasion of a régime from Savoy.

So, on this matter, where feminists and Puritans would call me "pedophile", the words of this pope is also an acquittal. Against any and all possible accusations on this account.

Carlton Poindexter

@Hans-Georg Lundahl The life span for most people at that time was 35 years of age and most that were married at that young age spent a year or two just getting used to each other. People at that age had far more responsibilities and duties. They were not sexualized like today's youth and were well aware of life by observing animals before food came from far away farms, grocery stores and in plastic or paper and not identifiable to most people except by the label.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

@Carlton Poindexter "The life span for most people at that time was 35 years of age"

False, unless you include child mortality.

"and most that were married at that young age spent a year or two just getting used to each other."

That was one option, St. Bridget was married at 13 but the marriage was consumed when she was 14.

"People at that age had far more responsibilities and duties."

Far less too : meaning less "academic" and "personal development" type responsibilities or duties.

"They were not sexualized like today's youth"

Even so, puberty automatically somewhat sexualises one. And if today's youth is in more trouble when it comes to chastity, that is hardly an argument for higher marital age.

"and were well aware of life by observing animals before food came from far away farms, grocery stores and in plastic or paper and not identifiable to most people except by the label."

True, but hardly to the point - if you mean those who grew up in the countryside or when it came to animals that lived in cities ...