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Matthew 14.2 The Cost of John's Rigidity about Marriage
Why would John the Baptist be risk his life over the illicit marriage of Herod to Herodias? What does the Church, based on the teaching of Jesus Christ himself say about marriage? Is marriage by the very nature of the sacrament indissoluble, or is that just an "ideal?" We look to the Council of Trent, Vatican II, and St. John Paul II to see the enduring nature of the Church's actual teaching about marriage. Situational ethics or "relativism" is not an excuse for violating the sixth commandment. Is God's grace enough for us to live out the commandments of Jesus about this very foundational…
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