To: ebb tide
So she couldn’t marry someone after she was forgiven? That is what this Catholic teaching is saying. Certain sins can’t actually be forgiven. Jesus said and John affirmed that the only unforgivable sin was to blaspheme the Holy Spirit
Remember, Mary the mother of Jesus descended from King David’s adulterous relationship with Bathsheba. Now strictly speaking, Bathsheba’s first husband was dead when Nathan was conceived, but that was only because David had him murdered.
Not to forget Judah and his child of harlotry, Perez, with his daughter-in-law Tamar.
But that was Old Testament stuff and has no bearing on Catholic doctrine.
9 posted on
08/22/2016 8:02:26 PM PDT by
SubMareener
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To: SubMareener
You’re not a Catholic and you have no clue as to what the Catholic Church teaches.
10 posted on
08/22/2016 8:05:08 PM PDT by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
To: SubMareener
David and Bathsheba had an affair that resulted in pregnancy. David tried to trick Uriah to get the heat off him but failed. Uriah sent off to the front lines and killed. Bathsheba's marriage ended, child conceived died despite David's appeal/fasting to God. God did this to David, whom Bathsheba was his second of three wives, in order to wake him up Spiritually, also probably a blood offering due to the treatment of Uriah. Misery followed sin is the point.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is explained in Matthew 7:13-26. A Christian who knowingly sins with the expectation of expecting forgiveness is blaspheming the Holy Spirit/taking God's name in vain/challenging God/being a God unto themselves.
Adultery is evil, period. David paid the price, but technically (God put up with multiple wives of weak kings which later caused misery) be allowed to marry Bathsheba. Christians get in trouble thinking they can enjoy limerence with another partner, destroy the previous marriage vow, and move onto the adultery partner thinking they are forgiven. That is abusing grace and Christ's sacrifice.
16 posted on
08/23/2016 5:07:02 AM PDT by
rollo tomasi
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