| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Explicit classification of marriage in this way came in reaction to the contrary teaching of Catharism that marriage and procreation are evil: the first official declaration that marriage is a sacrament was made at the 1184 Council of Verona as part of a condemnation of the Cathars.[37] In 1208, Pope Innocent III required members of another religious movement, that of the Waldensians, to recognize
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