Bible & Theology Course for the Laity, DVK, Bangalore

Full Reports on the Bible & Theology Course - 2004

Jesus on Marriage and Divorce

(The Bible on Marriage and Family Life - Part 2)

Jesus raised marriage to the level of a sacrament. His approach to questions on marriage and divorce is unique.

Marriage and Family Life: Mk 10:2-9

Some Pharisees came, and to test him, they asked: "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
He answered them: "What did Moses command you?"
They said: "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."
But Jesus said to them: "Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Jesus' Debate with the Pharisees on Divorce

  What Jesus Does...

Jesus' approach presents a framework or mindset to deal with any and every issue in marriage and family life:

Interpretation of contemporary practices Demarcation of the problem Correction if necessary

Discussion Discernment Decision-making

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