LizaMarie
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I know this is an old thread, but I'm still looking to get to the bottom of how the very Early Church would have handled converts coming into the Church who have had previous marriages and and are now on their 2nd or third (or more marriage?)
I was interested to read an article(on a Protestant website I believe it was a couple of years ago.) where the early Church believed marriage survived the grave(Just like the Orthodox!). On the other hand the Shepard of Hermas forbid subsequent marriages and divorced persons had to remain single or reconcile with their spouses(supposedly to allow the errant spouse to repent.)
I presume the Early Church had pagan converts from Greece and ROme and other places and Judaism all which allowed divorce and remarriage. So I often wonder did they bring those converts in in the marriage they were in? Expect them to put way their spouses?
I know the Catholic Church would consider the possibilty that my husbands former marriage could be sacramental as the couple are ministers of the sacrament but I know the Orthodox don't look at it that way.
I was interested to read an article(on a Protestant website I believe it was a couple of years ago.) where the early Church believed marriage survived the grave(Just like the Orthodox!). On the other hand the Shepard of Hermas forbid subsequent marriages and divorced persons had to remain single or reconcile with their spouses(supposedly to allow the errant spouse to repent.)
I presume the Early Church had pagan converts from Greece and ROme and other places and Judaism all which allowed divorce and remarriage. So I often wonder did they bring those converts in in the marriage they were in? Expect them to put way their spouses?
I know the Catholic Church would consider the possibilty that my husbands former marriage could be sacramental as the couple are ministers of the sacrament but I know the Orthodox don't look at it that way.
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