The New American Bible (NAB) is a Catholic Bible translation first published in 1970. It is the basis of the revised Lectionary, and is the only translation approved for use at Mass in the dioceses of the United States and the Philippines,[1][2] and is also an approved Bible translation by the Episcopal Church in the United States. [3]
Stemming originally from the Confraternity Bible, a translation of the Vulgate by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, the project transitioned to translating the original biblical languages in response to Pope Pius XII's 1943 encyclical Divino afflante Spiritu. The effort eventually became the New American Bible under the liturgical principles and reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965).
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The "except it be" is the allowance for divorce due to marital unfaithfulness.
The "exception clause" is Jesus' statement in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 "except for marital unfaithfulness." It gives an "exception" for remarriage after a divorce being considered adultery. Matthew 5:32 reads, "But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery." Similarly, Matthew 19:9 reads, "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." So, what precisely is "marital unfaithfulness," and why is it an exception to Jesus' statement that remarriage after a divorce is adultery?
The meaning of Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 is clear. If a person gets a divorce and then remarries, it is considered adultery unless the exception clause is in effect. The phrase "marital unfaithfulness" is a translation of the Greek word porneia, the word from which we get our modern word "pornography." The essential meaning of porneia is "sexual perversion." In Greek literature around the same time as the New Testament, porneia was used to refer to adultery, fornication, prostitution, incest, and idolatry. It is used 25 times in the New Testament, most often translated "fornication."
The meaning of porneia in the New Testament seems to be the general concept of sexual perversion. Other Greek words are used to refer to specific forms of sexual perversion, such as adultery. With this meaning in mind, according to the exception clause, any participation in sexual perversion/misconduct is an exception to Jesus' statement that remarriage after a divorce is adultery. If one spouse commits adultery, or any act of sexual perversion, and a divorce results, the "innocent" spouse is free to remarry without it being considered adulterous.
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It never ceases to amaze me that divorce would even be an issue when a Catholic could just get a church approved divorce aka an annulment, and avoid the whole can’t take communion mess.
And since they teach that taking communion is essential to getting to heaven cause you have to eat Jesus to have His life in you, ie be saved, they refuse to forgive and hence consign the people to hell.
Apparently you are unaware of the fact that Jimmy Wales (the co-founder and CEO of Wikipedia) is not only a committed globalist and “climate change” loyalist, he is a confirmed atheist. Those so aware recognize that virtually all religious “information” presented by Wikipedia is invariably so skewed so as to militate unsuspecting readers into accepting anti-Catholic, anti-Christian and pro-secular points of view––especially on the more esoteric subject matters. His “religious” moderators subtly promote the Modernist, secular point of view and are completely unreliable.
That being said, you may either accept the information I have offered to you or reject it. I really don’t care. One thing is for certain, however, I have absolutely no interest in debating it with you.