The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 25.4

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Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in the Word;⁠¹⁠ nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful, by any law of man or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife.⁠²⁠

expand_more [1] Leviticus 18

expand_more [2] Mark 6:18; 1 Corinthians 5:1

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May one marry a close relative?

No, because two should not be unequally yoked

No, because this union is forbidden in the Word of God

Yes, provided they live together monogamously

Yes, provided that the law of the land allows for it

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