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Divorce And Malcious Desertion, Theo. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Divorce, Except It Be for Fornication.

Is there anything besides death that severs the marriage bond? In the opinion of the Pharisees there were quite a number of reasons for which a man might put away his wife. In answer to Christ’s apodictic statement they ask: "Why did Moses, then, command to give a writing of divorcement and to put her away? How dare you, they mean to say, put yourself in opposition to Moses? Are you more than Moses? Christ answers: Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the …

Divorce And Malcious Desertion, Theo. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Divorce is one of the most pernicious and at the same time most prevalent evils of our day. With the exception of Russia our own country has the sorrowful distinction of lending the nations of the world in divorces per capita of population. This extreme disregard of the sanctity and indissolubility of wedlock, which like a deadly poison has already ruined thousands of homes and is threatening to undermine the very foundation of our Union, is slowly, but surely invading our congregations also, there to exercise its baneful influence. During the past decade divorces, almost unknown in our circles twenty …

Propositions On Marriage And Divorce, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The mutual consent directly and unmistakably given, of one woman to be the wife of one particular man, and of that man to be the husband of that same woman, both of them being capable of contracting marriage. is, according to Scripture, the very essence of the marriage contract. It is immaterial whether this mutual promise or consent is designated an engagement a betrothal, or is called by any other name, as long as it is shown to have been made.