Catholic Ping!
Divorce and remarriage
A number of people today consider that divorce is acceptable to God. This is clearly not the case. When speaking of marriage and divorce in Mark 10:2-12 Jesus makes it clear that man and wife are put together by God and that man should not seek to divide that. This shows that not only is marriage ordained by God but that divorce is condemned by Him. This passage is a very clear example of the teaching concerning the permanence of marriage – but it is not the only one.
I will commend the Catholic Church for its continuing stance on divorce. I believe in the re-introduction of no-fault divorce statutes, as Ken Cuccinelli has talked about. For better or for worse, when you marry, that is a holy vow and unless one partner breaks their vow, it should endure.
Anyone have any information on what the common belief is in the Orthadox Churches, whether Greek or Russian? I’d assume they take a similar stand, although Putin did get divorced recently.
That picture makes Jesus look like a sissy...
Thanks for posting this. Just this morning I was trying to find the words to say to my son + girlfriend + baby that would be the Christian reasons for marriage.
I believe divorce is wrong, but what is the picture above? is it a woman with a beard or a man with the hair of a woman.