After the fall of the empire, familial life was regulated more by ecclesiastical authority than civil authority. The Christian emperors Constantine and Theodosius restricted the grounds for divorce to grave cause, but this was relaxed by Justinian in the 6th century. Most Protestant churches discourage divorce though the way divorce is addressed varies by denomination for example, the Reformed Church in America permits divorce and remarriage, while connexions such as the Evangelical Methodist Church Conference forbid divorce except in the case of fornication and do not allow for remarriage in any circumstance. The Eastern Orthodox Church permits divorce and remarriage in church in certain circumstances, though its rules are generally more restrictive than the civil divorce rules of most countries. The Catholic Church prohibits divorce, and permits annulment (a finding that the marriage was not canonically valid) under a narrow set of circumstances. Paul the Apostle concurred but added an exception, known as the Pauline privilege. īoth in the Gospel of Matthew and of Mark, Jesus remembers and quotes Genesis 1:27 ("male and female created He them"), and Genesis 2:24 ("shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twaine shall be one flesh."). The Shepherd of Hermas, an early Christian work on the subject, teaches that while fornication is the only reason that divorce can ever be permitted, remarriage with another person is forbidden to allow repentance and reconciliation of the husband and wife (those who refuse to forgive and receive their spouse are guilty of a grave sin). Jesus, as recorded in Matthew 19:9, stated:"And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery" (American Standard Version). The only lawful ground for divorce available to the innocent spouse is fornication, or adultery, on the part of the guilty mate. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery." 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 states that adulterers "shall not inherit the kingdom of God". In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says "Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. According to the synoptic Gospels, Jesus emphasized the permanence of marriage, (see Mark 10 at verses 1 to 12, Mark 10:11–12 Matthew 19 Luke 16 v. Christian views on divorce find their basis both in biblical sources dating to the giving of the law to Moses ( Deut 24:1–4) and political developments in the Christian world long after standardization of the Bible.
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