"Explain why there are different attitudes to re-marriage in Christianity."
I know that Roman Catholics do not allow re-marriage unless one of the partners are deceased due to vows exchanged in front of God. Any other points?
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Some Protestants allow remarriage because forgiveness is central to Christianity. They acknowledge that some previous marriages fail and result in divorce, and believe that those who have fail should be forgiven and given the opportunity to enjoy a marriage - a beautiful experience - if they are determined to make it work this time.
ReplyDeleteTo add on to your original point about the Roman Catholic attitude, you could also explain how marriage is a sacrament and a covenant that cannot be broken by any earthly power. In Roman Catholicism remarriage is also seen as adultery, and adultery breaks the seventh Commandment, therefore Catholics are totally against remarriage.
ReplyDeleteFor Anglicans (Church of England), some would allow remarriage whilst others forbid it. The ones who forbid it mostly follow the beliefs which Catholics hold. One of the reasons why they are undecided is because of the Biblical quote from Matthew 19:9 "anyone who divorces his wife, EXCEPT FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS, and marries another woman commits adultery". Different Anglicans interpret this differently, therefore the vicar of individual Churches will decide whether to permit remarriage or not.
As Emily said, some Liberal Protestants would allow it.
Methodists accept it, particularly when it is the "lesser of the two evils". For example, if there are children involved, remarriage should be allowed for the children to grow up with both parents in a stable family. Jesus also forgave an adulterous woman in John 8:1-11, therefore some Liberal Protestants believe that God will forgive us out of His omnibenevolence for us. (Love is also the second greatest Commandment)
Many Protestants also do not see marriage as a sacrament (for example the Church of Scotland, Methodists, amongst others) - therefore these Christians believe that God will give them a second chance, as Emily said.
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Against:
ReplyDelete-Degrade value of vows
-Can cause an unstable upbringing (if have children)
-Goes against Jesus teaching
-Encourage divorce
For
-For the greater good
-Forgiveness
-Reinterpret biblical teaching to modern light
just explain the point so that it answers the question.
ReplyDeleteYou can say that Roman Catholics do not permit remarriage as they believe that it may degrade the value of vows. If everyone simply says the vows for the sake of it and do not intend to keep it, then the whole notion of marriage and commitment will be of no meaning. People will treat marriage as if it is nothing. If a person divorces and remarriage, it means that they have broken the promise to stay together for ever.
ReplyDeleteand so on... :D
ReplyDeleteRoman Catholics will also allow someone to be remarried if they have had an annulment.
ReplyDeleteBut in Roman Catholicism, if you have an annulment then it means the marriage never happened - so basically, there is no "remarriage", but just "marriage", since the original marriage never happened in the first place.
ReplyDelete:)