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To: SnakeDoctor
Regarding the indissolubilty of marriage and necessity of grace for communion. These are not some unique Catholic teachings but are the specific original teachings of Christ and his apostles. To the extent that some modernist Protestant churches have abandoned them; from a Christian point of view, they are in error.

Gospel according to Mark, Chapter 10 verses 2-12
2 The Pharisees approached and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him.
3 He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They replied, "Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her."
5 But Jesus told them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.
7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his wife),
8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate."
10 In the house the disciples again questioned him about this.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

1 Corinthians, Chapter 11: verses 27-29
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
28 A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.
29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

20 posted on 11/19/2009 10:21:35 AM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark

I did not dispute that the non-dissolvability of marriage. Nor did I dispute that communion is for only those that have accepted Grace.

My contention was that it is possible to have accepted the grace of Christ and be divorced/remarried. Take, for instance — a man who divorces his wife, remarries, and then finds Salvation. He is forgiven for all previous transgressions (known and unknown) — including the adultery under the premise that the previous marriage was never dissolved.

The doctrine of Grace would seem to me to indicate a fresh start in this scenario (with the new marriage). Previous sins are washed away by the grace of Christ. He should therefore be able to participate in communion (in my opinion). This does not seem to contradict scripture.

SnakeDoc


21 posted on 11/19/2009 10:39:58 AM PST by SnakeDoctor ("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
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