The first reason why this statement may be considered within the Roman Catholic Church and the churches throughout Christianity is that how can the husband or wife live through the difficulties of a marriage like physical or sexual abuse even after such solutions like marriage counselling or help from people within the church. It may be bad enough already for the man or women before they are given help. It can also cause pain to other family members like children etc, by maybe bringing depression upon the child or children leading them to a bleak future of crime. Other denominations like Protestants and Catholics accept that these situations can unfortunately lead to a divorce.
If a man and a woman got married at a young age, and they didn’t realise what the full commitments and their true meanings were, they can grow more apart as they start to really discover the true meaning of the vows they have taken.
Everybody from when they blissfully agree to gat married should and usually propose to keep the vows, but, if things go wrong, they should not be punished as they have done their up most best to keep the relationship together.
Further more, if the love has gone between the couple, then their relationship is not doing anyone any good, if anything, it is damaging to more than just the couple. So, the couple’s marriage can no longer be a sign of God’s love.
Maybe the vow, ‘Till death do us part’ relies on the other vows being broken, because if all the other vows are kept, then there shouldn’t really be a valid reason for a divorce to occur.
The first and main reason why the church may not agree with this statement is that this ceremony a sacrament, a sacrament can’t be undone so therefore it is seen as a sin in eyed of God.
A couple should reflect the love of God. God’s love is unending, so if a married couple is loyal to God, their love should reflect this by being an unending love.
If this vow is removed, then you take away the meaning of a marriage. You start to add conditions to a marriage, so things are not kept simple and the church can become identical to another.
The church feel that people get married to easily today as they do not think about the real consequences and promises made in a marriage. The church is willing to offer support and advice to the promises of a marriage.
Overall, I believe the church should keep the vow but be less harsh when saying that there are no acceptions for a divorce to occur between two people. For example, physical and sexual abuse, after being given support by the church, should be given acceptance for a divorce.
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