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1 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | Rainbow Maker | 39166 | ||
"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; 15 Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 16 Matt 19:3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" 17 Matt 19:7 They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" 18 Matt 19:8 He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 19 Matt 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." Concerning divorce this is one of the very definitive teaching of Christ on the matter. There is only one reason a man can divorce his wife and that is if she has been unfaithful, only on this occasion can the husband remarry without committing bigamy, though I suspect that the wife cannot. The Old Testament says different things about dicorce, such as: Deut. 24 :1 says "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, AND Mal 2:16 "For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." If we take our Lord's words as we read them then divorce is no more than a legal separation and does not carry the right to remarry. This is the view held by the catholic church. Christians of other denominations believe that divorce is final and does carry the right of remarriage with it. Teachers have told me that what our Lord did was to raise the status of women when he forbade their husbands just to divorce them three times as they were wont to do. I have heard another say that it is not what God wants when we condemn those who divorce. 1./Divorce however has always been a civil thing for us and 2./there are those who believe that unless a marriage is solemnized in church that it is no marriage at all. 3./What God has joined together let not man put assaunder. My question is if we are sure that God did not really join us together but it was an act our our own will then does that mean we can divorce? |
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2 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 39169 | ||
You write: " . . . divorce is no more than a legal separation and does not carry the right to remarry. This is the view held by the catholic church." I couldn't agree with you more when you say "This is the view held by the catholic church." It sure is! But I am not a Catholic (not that there's anything wrong with that) and neither are the majority of active members on this forum. Moreover, whether this is the view held by the Catholic or any other church is not the issue. The issue is, for the 100th time, THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN. The Roman Catholic notion that divorce was no more than legalized separation from bed and board was wholly unknown to the people of the NT era. The primary question in this thread never has been "What constitutes grounds for divorce?". Those grounds have been covered repeatedly on this thread. The question here is simply "Can a divorced person remarry?" We already know there are Scriptural grounds for divorce. The inspired teachings of Christ AND Paul provide grounds for divorce for two -- NOT ONE, BUT TWO (2) -- REASONS. Anyone who thinks the only inspired writings are the teachings of Jesus may as well throw away their Bibles and get one that contains only the very words of Christ himself. But the Bible says ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God -- not just the four gospels. |
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3 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | EdB | 39185 | ||
Kalos You make me rethink a position on divorce and remarriage. You made a statement,"THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN." Is that factual? I always knew that divorce dissolved the marriage but I never knew it made the marraige as though it had never existed. I'm not challenging but asking here. If Jesus talked about divorce and knew these implications then He would be saying when he gave the exceptions for divorce that after the divorce the marriage in question never existed. If the person was never married they would then be free to marry. Therefore it is not a question of remarriage at all since the first would be considered not to have existed. EdB |
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4 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 39193 | ||
Ed, my good and respected friend: It is indeed a fact that "THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN." This being so, it would be unnecessary for Jesus or Paul to define divorce since the actual meaning of the word was already known and understood by the people of the NT era. After all, divorce is/was a legal term and carries an objective legal definition that at that time was known and understood by all. "Therefore it is not a question of remarriage at all since the first would be considered not to have existed." Exactly! That is exactly my point. You make my day. Thank you for your reply. Take care. |
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