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Porneia is distinguished from adultery by Matthew. He used that term for a reason. And he used porneia and moicheía together in chapter 15. He clearly means an illicit union, whether an act or contracted in marriage unlawfully.Jesus says in the Bible in clear words “anyone who divorces his wife except for adultery…” I understand that the Catholic Church does not believe adultery is grounds for annulment but I have never seen anyone to be able to explain satisfactorily what Jesus meant by his words “except for adultery"
This was prior to consummation, allowed by God in Deuteronomy 22. A Sacrament that is not consummated can still be dissolved in the Church to this day.Even St Joseph was planning to divorce Mary (quietly) when he presumed that her pregnant by another man.
Stay with? You can separate, with the bond remaining. Otherwise, if the marriage never existed, it would never have been adultery, but porneia.Consider the shoe on other foot - hopefully this situation is rare (!) but would many men stay with a wife if they found out that she was prostituting herself secretly?
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