The Church was brought into closer connection with Rome, and the church courts were separated from the civil courts.

教会与罗马的联系更为密切，教会法庭与世俗法庭分离。

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Jeffs said his church has practiced polygamy for five generations and believes it is the will of God, who is a higher power than courts, state legislatures and the U.S. Congress.

杰夫斯说他的教会实行多妻制已有五代，他认为这是上帝的意志，而上帝比法庭、州立法机构和美国联邦国会具有更高的权威。

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Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Vatican Holy See from diocesan courts.

对在梵蒂冈教廷 主管地区控诉到教皇 处的案件负责的最高法院（罗马教堂）。

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Legal annulments aren't easy outs for disgruntled spouses. (Note: A Catholic annulment requires an entirely different process, including approval from the Church.) Courts will grant a divorce for lots of reasons, but to get an annulment, the spouse must prove that the marriage shouldn't have been legally allowed in the first place.

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The law was challenged in the New York courts by a number of organizations, including the Catholic Church. on the same basis as the objections to the current matter at hand.

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He said the Church had to "be dragged kicking and screaming through the courts of opinion and the courts of law".

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