John wrote: > BEING A CATHOLIC HAD NOTHING TO DO > WITH ANYTHING YOU MENTIONED.
Have you ever studied Catholicism in regards to marriage, divorce, and remarriage? Catholic doctrine rightly recognizes that to divorce someone and then marry someone else while your first spouse is still alive is contrary to the teachings of Christ. However, they skirt the spirit of the teaching by devising many laws that help people determine when a marriage was not really a valid marriage to begin with. Catholic law actually specifies situations whereby a person could consider that their first marriage was not a valid marriage in the eyes of God. This Catholic man who seduced my sister basically convinced himself and my sister that her marriage to her husband was not really a valid marriage in the eyes of God. It was Roman Catholic tradition that planted this view in his mind. His reasoning was all based upon Catholic law concerning when a marriage is not valid in the eyes of God. One of his biggest reasons for why her marriage was invalid was that her husband had represented to her that he was a virgin many years previously when they were first married, and then later admitted that this was not true. Such reasoning led to the rationalization that the present marriage was not really a valid marriage in the eyes of God, so despite her vows, her many years of union, her children, etc., she was free to marry whomever she wanted. Of course, Catholic law tends not to recognize the authority of her first marriage because it was not a Catholic wedding, so it became a simple thing for her to justify her adultery, divorce, and remarriage to another man. According to Roman Catholicism, she was never really married in the first place! In fact, her marriage was suddenly declared to be fornication. So all that was left was for her to convert to Catholicism and marry this other man, which is what she did. The Catholic church is very complicit in what happened in this particular situation. From my perspective, I expect that Judge Jesus will not only judge the parties involved, but the institution of Roman Catholicism that facilitated it. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
