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The study introduces several parts of three papal Constitutions of the 16th century, 'Altitudo divini consilii' by Paul III, 'Romani Pontificis' by Pius V, 'Populis ac nationibus' by Gregory XIII, in Latin original and in Czech translation. The Constitutions gave special faculties to the missionaries to solve local difficult pastoral situations that were caused by polygamy and the slave trade. Then, the Constitutions are studied in the context of marriage indissolubility and compared with the Pauline Privilege.