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Divorce. The present Episcopalian canon on divorce is based on Christ's saying, But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. -Matthew 5:32. The only divorced person who may ever be remarried with the Church's blessing is the innocent party in a divorce granted on grounds of adultery. The Convention's 17-man Joint Commission on Holy Matrimony recommended that bishops should be allowed discretion to permit church marriages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ecclesiastical Statecraft | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...when he bloweth froth he committeth iniquity; and when he bloweth it not he is likewise a sinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Holy Joe | 5/23/1927 | See Source »

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