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Church leaders have stated that "every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both", [76] and that selfishness is a leading cause of marital stress and divorce. Divorced Latter-day Saints may report feelings of alienation from fellow church-members and some Latter-day Saints may see divorce as "a sign of failure".
One modern view is that, since throughout the Sermon on the Mount Jesus condemns the excessive legalism of his day, delineating specific views of divorce from the exact wording of a piece of scripture should be rejected. Several major churches today believe that rules for divorce should be set to best advance Jesus's overarching goals of love ...
This verse opens with a truncated version of the opening of Matthew 5:27, which is itself a shorter version of the start of Matthew 5:21.Scholars are divided as to whether this is a separate antithesis, or whether it is simply an addendum to the discussion of adultery found in the previous verses.
One of the clearest pieces of evidence is a divorce record from 111 AD, coincidentally between a couple named Mary and Joseph, that was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Greek word here translated as divorce is aphiemi , and the only other time it appears is in 1 Corinthians 7:11 where Paul uses it to describe the legal separation of a man ...
The statistics on U.S. marriage are less than romantic: Of the more than 80% of adults who marry, roughly half divorce. There's no one-size-fits all explanation for why, but over the years ...
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have a long history of humorously airing out their marriage's dirty laundry on the air, so it wasn't a huge surprise when the talk show co-hosts shared a revealing ...
The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce argues for the ability to have a second chance at marriage. In particular, Milton claims, in Book I, Chapter III, that no one can always know the disposition of their spouse before they enter into marriage. In particular, he argues in a very personal way: [6]
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