2384. Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law. It claims to break the contract, to which the spouses freely consented, to live with each other till death. Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign. Contracting a new union, even if it is recognized by civil law, adds to the gravity of the rupture: the remarried spouse is then in a situation of public and permanent adultery:
If a husband, separated from his wife, approaches another woman, he is an adulterer because he makes that woman commit adultery, and the woman who lives with him is an adulteress, because she has drawn another’s husband to herself.177
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
316. Who can receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick?
386. What is the virtue of faith?
593. What is the specifically Christian sense of this petition?
552. How can adoration be defined?
413. How are we to view social inequalities?
172. Why must the Church proclaim the Gospel to the whole world?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the Blood Moon prophecy of Joel 2:30-31 in the Bible?
The Story of Moses: How did God choose and prepare Moses to lead his people? (Exodus 1-4)
How important is wisdom in mate selection and marriage according to Proverbs 18:22?
What was the story of King Amon’s violent death and rebellion in 2 Kings 21-22?
What is the importance of faith in the healing of blind Bartimaeus, described in Matthew 20:29-34?
