Husband and Wife are No Longer Two, But One Body

Making Friends With The Lord Jesus · Aug 15, 2024 · 11m

Jesus corrects the practice of the Jews regarding divorce instituted by Moses during his time. Husbands were permitted to write a document of dismissal to bid away his wife. This was never done the other way around. Our Lord clarifies the marriage institution. Absolute divorce is repudiated and rejected as a possibility for validly married spouses. What is permitted in present Church practice in handling spouses endangered by their respective spouses in terms of bodily or spiritual harm or adultery, is separation with no possibility to marry again. Jesus cites an exception to this law. People…