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To: rmichaelj

I’m not Catholic; I don’t believe that ‘church teaching’ is authoritative, only Scripture.

But to answer your objection, if Jesus was changing the institution of marriage, why did he say ‘From the BEGINNING it was not so’? Look at the original text in Greek, and you get that marriage is marriage no matter when it happens; there was never any change in God’s intentions for marriage when he gave the Law to Moses.

God made allowances for divorce because he knows that sin happens, and he did so in order to protect the wronged party. In the Christian life, we also must take marriage VERY seriously.

But if divorce DOES happen, and it will, and if remarriage does happen, and it will, then we can look at the other examples in Scripture to know what to do about it.

God says very clearly that remarrying your original partner after divorcing a second wife or husband is abominable. I see no reason to argue with that.


18 posted on 06/26/2017 3:41:06 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: Luircin

I understand your argument. It is similar to the Eastern Orthodox and some Protestant opinions.

But the original post is about the four cardinals asking the Francis to clarify the confusion emanating from the contradictions in Amoris Laefitia. I’m giving the Catholic teaching. If one does not accept Catholic doctine, then one is a material heretic- regardless if one is a layman, priest or Bishop. Ones own personal opinion has nothing to do with it.

Given this, I mistakenly thought you were trying to argue that your view was consistent with Catholic teaching. Given your response, thaf is obviously that is not the case.


21 posted on 06/26/2017 4:58:56 PM PDT by rmichaelj (Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum.)
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