Many Christians do not believe in divorce this is because the vows a couple have said have been said in front of God to get his blessing. The vows say ‘till death us do part’ so when a couple gets divorced they have broken their promise to god. Jesus taught that a man an a woman were to get married and not to have sex before marriage. Marriage was intended for life.
Romans 7:2
‘A married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is realised from the law of marriage.’
This quote from the bible proves that marriage was intended to be until death parted you from your partner.
Many things can make a marriage end in divorce e.g. alcohol or drug addiction, gambling, adultery, financial pressure, the pressure of work, unemployment, arguments over the children, religious differences and childlessness.
If a couple comes to the conclusion that they cannot live together anymore there are three main solutions;
Desertion: This is when one partner simply goes to live somewhere else.
Judicial: This is when the couple go to court and legally be separated and are not allowed to interfere in each others lives in anyway. Then after a period of time one partner can file for divorce without the others permission.
Divorce: This is when the courts officially say that the couples marriage has ended then after 2 years of living apart can the couple file for a divorce.
There is also one more solution which is the most drastic, it is called an annulment. An annulment is a declaration that the marriage did not ever exist. An annulment can take place under these conditions;
If there is a lack of consent, a lack of judgement, inability to perform the duties of marriage and a lack of intention.
If you do get divorced and marry another person this is seen as adultery, as it is said in the bible.
Luke 16:18
‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery.’
Different Christian churches have different beliefs on divorce, some more strict than others. The Church of England is now teaching that divorce is acceptable this began in 1966. The Roman Catholic Church believes that a marriage cannot end there only solution is an annulment. Most churches often help couples that are thinking about divorce by giving them counselling, wise words and teachings from the bible so that the marriage can be saved and not end in divorce.
