Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 24: Of Marriage and Divorce
Adultery, or fornication, committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion, to the innocent party, to dissolve that contract. In the case of adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a divorce, and, after the divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 24.5
Adultery, or fornication, committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion, to the innocent party, to dissolve that contract. In the case of adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a divorce, and, after the divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 24.5
Adultery, or fornication committed after a Contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that Contract. In the case of Adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a Divorce: And, after the Divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 24.5
Adultery, or fornication, committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion, to the innocent party, to dissolve that contract. In the case of adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a divorce, and, after the divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 24.5, which this paragraph revises
Is Marriage between one man and one woman? Yes. Is it lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgement to give their consent? Yes. Ought marriage to be within…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 24.5, which this paragraph revises
The Romish Church, consistently with her view of the sacramental character of marriage, pronounces the marriage tie absolutely indissoluble ; yet, the facilities given for…
