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Eddy Elliott and Jesus Gomez cite Malachi 2:16, which says, "For I hate divorce! says the Lord God of Israel," and Matthew 5:32, where Jesus says, "But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife ...
Since God's Word strictly forbids remarriage after divorce (Mark 10:2-12); and because of the suffering of the divorcees, the stigma placed upon their children, and the ruination of homes, no divorced and remarried person who continues to live in such a relationship shall be allowed to belong to the Emmanuel Association of Churches or an ...
While the voice of God had said, "I hate divorce", [129] some authorities believe the divorce rate in the church is nearly comparable to that of the culture at large. [130] The Catholic Church official doctrine is that divorce is immoral with the exception of its use to protect one or more spouses with the understanding that civil divorce is ...
The most debated issue is over the exception to the ban on divorce, which the KJV translates as "saving for the cause of fornication." The Koine Greek word in the exception is πορνείας /porneia, this has variously been translated to specifically mean adultery, to mean any form of marital immorality, or to a narrow definition of marriages already invalid by law.
That said, divorce isn't necessarily "imminent" (as TMZ claimed last month). Another source says Jen and Ben “still haven’t made a decision” about whether or not they'll stay together and ...
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The great majority of Christian denominations affirm that marriage is intended as a lifelong covenant, but vary in their response to its dissolubility through divorce. The Catholic Church treats all consummated sacramental marriages as permanent during the life of the spouses, and therefore does not allow remarriage after a divorce if the other spouse still lives and the marriage has not been ...
For God has called us to peace." [2] The first section, "not I but the Lord", roughly matches Jesus' teaching on divorce, found in an antithesis (Matthew 5:32) with parallels in Matthew 19:9, Luke 16:18, and Mark 10:11. The second section, "I say, not the Lord", gives Paul's own teaching on divorce, and was initiated to address a serious ...