genuineoriginal
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Marriage was instituted by God the Father as a universal way of bonding male and female humans together.A silly notion...
Tell me - Do you regard marriage as a Sacrament of the Body of Christ?
It is not limited to the Body of Christ.
Marriage was instituted by God the Father as a universal way of bonding male and female humans together.If not, then it is no more than a secular matter and can be whatever society decides it is
Check the scriptures in Leviticus 18., and you have no complaint when men marry men, or their dogs, for that matter...
There is no mention of the Body of Christ.
There is no mention of a Sacrament.
There is a death penalty for men having sex with men and for men or women having sex with beasts.
If it is for keeps, then there would not be the laws of divorce in Deuteronomy 24.And if yes, then it is for keeps
That is the way it is currently being done., and criminal law can apply without dissolving the union, though it may separate the two spouses...
I am advocating automatic dissolution of the marriage in all criminal cases where the wife and husband are the plaintiff and defendant (not necessarily in that order).
I am not advocating dissolution of the marriage in all criminal cases.
No.And the marriage can only be dissolved through Ecclesiastical means...
Most marriages are created without any help from the Orthodox church, and can be dissolved just as easily.
If you look at what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 6:16, any sexual joining of a man and a woman can result in that couple being married in the eyes of God without any help from an Orthodox priest.
No, I am treating a wife or husband bringing criminal charges against her/his spouse as a secular matter that is handled in a secular court, with the result that their marriage itself has come under the authority of the exact same secular courts.But YOU are treating marriage as a secular matter between Christians, and not as a Sacred and Ecclesiastical matter between God and the married couple He has joined...
If a marriage results in a plaintiff-defendant action between two married people, that marriage has reached an irreconcilable state.IF I am hearing you right...
How else could a legal plaintiff-defendant action between two married people cause dissolution of the marriage?
Because it is in an irreconcilable state, the marriage should be dissolved.