According to the Catholic Church, is it a sin to marry your cousin?

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  1. "Consanguinity is a diriment impediment of marriage as far as the fourth degree of kinship inclusive."
  2. See the table at the end of this article for how 4Β° kinship is determined, or this table:Table of Consanguinity
  3. The Council of Trent's session on marriage defined the dogma that the Church has the authority to make impediments:
    Canon IV.β€”If any one saith, that the Church could not establish impediments dissolving marriage; or, that she has erred in establishing them: let him be anathema.

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