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Council of Ancyra (314)

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 11

It is decreed that virgins who have been betrothed, and who have afterwards been carried off by others, shall be restored to those to whom they had formerly been betrothed, even though they may have suffered violence from the ravisher.

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XI

If a young girl who is engaged be stolen away by force by another man, let her be restored to the former.