Time article on Divorce in Christianity

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Something that stood out, and tell me if this was correct in them stating this:

Each branch of Christianity deals with divorce in its own way: Catholicism bans it entirely, but many divorced and remarried couples nonetheless find that their conscience permits them to take Communion.

I don’t believe Catholicism bans it entirely, right? And regardless of what the divorced and remarried taking communion does not mean the Church teaches that. Not to mention their second married isn’t even valid unless it was annulled. Your thoughts?

This should of been posted in Secular News, though they quoted scripture

 

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time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1680709,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-nation

Something that stood out, and tell me if this was correct in them stating this:

Each branch of Christianity deals with divorce in its own way: Catholicism bans it entirely, but many divorced and remarried couples nonetheless find that their conscience permits them to take Communion.

I don’t believe Catholicism bans it entirely, right? And regardless of what the divorced and remarried taking communion does not mean the Church teaches that. Not to mention their second married isn’t even valid unless it was annulled. Your thoughts?

Jim

a civil divorce is allowed for certain reasons;
CCC1650 Today there are numerous Catholics in many countries who have recourse to civil divorce and contract new civil unions. In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ - “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery” the Church maintains that a new union cannot be recognized as valid, if the first marriage was. If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God’s law. Consequently, they cannot receive Eucharistic communion as long as this situation persists. For the same reason, they cannot exercise certain ecclesial responsibilities. Reconciliation through the sacrament of Penance can be granted only to those who have repented for having violated the sign of the covenant and of fidelity to Christ, and who are committed to living in complete continence.

 

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time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1680709,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-nation

Something that stood out, and tell me if this was correct in them stating this:

Each branch of Christianity deals with divorce in its own way: Catholicism bans it entirely, but many divorced and remarried couples nonetheless find that their conscience permits them to take Communion.

I don’t believe Catholicism bans it entirely, right? And regardless of what the divorced and remarried taking communion does not mean the Church teaches that. Not to mention their second married isn’t even valid unless it was annulled. Your thoughts?

This should of been posted in Secular News, though they quoted scripture

Well, it is partly true and partly false… The Church does not ban divorce. That is, it is not a sin to be divorced. As a matter of fact, a divorce is required as part of the annulment process.

The Church bans remarriage after a divorce without an annulment. The second part of the statement that “many divorced and remarried couples nonetheless find that their conscience permits them to take Communion.” is, unfortunately, true. What is not mentioned is that their conscience has not been formed correctly.

The article was somewhat interesting and points out the problem of reading and focusing on only one verse, Matthew 19:9 to look for a loophole:

Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever? He said in reply, Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate. They said to him, Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss (her)? He said to them, Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery.
Matthew 19:3-9

That is one of the major differences between Catholics and our Protestant brethern. We look at the Bible as a whole. Jesus even says that “from the beginning it was not so.” How much clearer can it be??

Peace,