Divorce

Definition

Permitted only for sexual immorality (adultery); Moses’ concession was due to hardness of heart; marriage is indissoluble by God’s design.

Episodes

Biblical References

  • Deut. 24:1-2 — If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house. When she has left him she may…
  • Mat. 5:32 — *But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. *