Satan is right now shaking the Church to her very foundations over this divorce issue

Inside the Vatican Magazine, Letter to the Editor ^ | February 2014 | Fr. Brian W. Harrison, O.S.

[tomsbartoo]

“If the present Successor of Peter now keeps silent about divorce and remarriage, thereby tacitly telling the Church and the world that the teaching of Jesus Christ will be up for open debate at a forthcoming Synod of Bishops, one fears a terrible price will soon have to be paid.”

Fr. Brian Harrison is one great priest. He’s swimming upstream against these neo-Modernists, but his take-no-prisoners style is certainly refreshing.

[Secret Agent Man]

there’s no indication in scripture that divorced people can’t remarry, especially the one who didn’t cheat/wasn’t abandoned.

[Westbrook]

> there’s no indication in scripture that divorced people
> can’t remarry, especially the one who didn’t cheat/wasn’t
> abandoned.

From the words of Jesus Himself ...

Mt 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Mt 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Mr 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Mr 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Lu 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

[Secret Agent Man]

jesus noted exceptions and they are allowed to remarry.

[Westbrook]

> jesus noted exceptions and they are allowed to remarry.

The only exception I see is fornication, which encompasses basically any kind of sex outside of marriage as defined by God, one man with one woman for life.

This is a very difficult subject, indeed.

In 1st Corinthians chapter 7, Paul indicates that abandonment is also legitimate grounds for divorce, but he reasserts what Jesus said about it in Romans 7:3

Ro 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

[piusv]

But was Christ speaking of a civil divorce?

[Westbrook]

> But was Christ speaking of a civil divorce?

Christ was talking about sexual morality in the sight of God.

Split hairs all you want. He said what He said. It’s plain enough for all to understand.

[piusv]

No, I’m not splitting hairs. My point is that when Christ spoke of “divorce” He was speaking of getting one from the religious authorities, not the civil authorities (like the Catholic teaching on annulments). He, in no way meant, “yeah, you can go get a divorce from the Roman authorities and that’s way cool with God.”

[Heart-Rest]

Thanks for posting this great "letter to the editor", Brian Kopp DPM.    Fr. Harrison is obviously not one of these wobbly, wishy-washy members of the clergy (or laity) who strive for a non-confrontational blending with the dominant sinful culture, rather than a strict adherence to the clear teachings of God.

In an effort to be more popular, some misguided and wrongheaded Catholics (from the laity, to even some members high in the Church hierarchy, such as Cardinal Walter Kasper), foolishly seek to change teachings first laid down by Jesus Christ, and are aiding and abetting Satan, the father of all lies.

Man does not tell God what is right and wrong (no matter how high he is in the Church hierarchy) -- God tells man what is right and wrong, and anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, the writer of this letter to the editor, Fr. Brian W. Harrison, is a convert to Catholicism who is prominently featured at the

"Coming Home Network"

and in EWTN's Marcus Grodi's book,

"Journeys Home" -- Collected and Edited By Marcus Grodi

God bless Fr. Harrison for standing up for the Truth in these crazy and perilous times.