Matthew 5:32 (WEB)
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
Catechism · 3
The Fifth Commandment
“Going further, Christ asks his disciples to turn the other cheek, to love their enemies.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:22-39; 5:44.
The Sixth Commandment
“The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:32; 19:6; Mk 10:11; 1 Cor 6:9-10.
“The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:31-32; 19:3-9; Mk 10 9; Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-ll.
Fathers and councils · 26
Augustine of Hippo
“He heareth the words of the servant of God, he heareth the Prophet, he heareth the Apostle, and he doeth it not; he is told by one in whose hands is a “sword twice sharpened,” “Thou shalt not do it: it is not lawful for thee: God alloweth thee not to put away thy wife, “save for the cause of fornication.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32.
Read the whole comment““For whosoever putteth away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32
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John Chrysostom
““If any man put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, he causeth her to commit adultery.” ( Matt. v. 32.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Now it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.” — editor's note: ββλιον ποστασου, St. Chrys. Comp. Mark x. 4: ἀποστσιον, rec. Text. [There is no variation in the text of Matthew here, but in verse 32 the best authorities…
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Basil the Great
“IX. The sentence of the Lord that it is unlawful to withdraw from wedlock, save on account of fornication, applies, according to the argument, to men and women alike.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32.
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Jerome
“For he has followed the words of Christ in the gospel: “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.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32.
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Tertullian
“…dismissed a wife (for any cause) except the cause of adultery, maketh her commit adultery; and he who marrieth one dismissed by a husband committeth adultery.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32.
Read the whole comment“…except on the ground of adultery, makes her commit adultery; and (he) who shall have married a (woman) dismissed by her husband, of course commits adultery.” — editor's note: See Matt. v. 32.
Read the whole comment“For in the Gospel of Matthew he says, “Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The Lord has explained this matter in another place, saying, “Whoso putteth her away, except for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery,” [Matt 5:32] giving her an opportunity of a second marriage.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord had taught us above that our neighbour’s wife was not to be coveted, He now proceeds to teach that our own wife is not to be put away.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
For touching Moses’ allowance of divorce, the Lord and Saviour more fully explains in conclusion, that it was because of the hardness of the hearts of the husbands, not so much sanctioning discord, as checking bloodshed.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
For when Moses brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, they were indeed Hebrews in race, but Egyptians in manners. And it was caused by the Gentile manners that the husband hated the wife; and if he was not…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
But the Lord who brought peace and goodwill on earth, would have it reign especially in the matrimonial bond.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord’s command here that a wife is not to be put away, is not contrary to the command in the Law, as Manichaeus affirmed. Had the Law allowed any who would to put away his wife, to allow none to put away were…
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By interposing this delay in the mode of putting away, the lawgiver shewed as clearly as it could be shewn to hard hearts, that he hated strife and disagreement. The Lord then so confirms this backwardness in the…
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
If we ought to bear the burdens of strangers, in obedience to that of the Apostles, “Bear ye one another’s burdens,” [Gal 6:2] how much more that of our wives and husbands? The Christian husband ought not only to…
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Yea, more, He declares the man who marries her who is put away an adulterer.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Say not here, It is enough her husband has put her away; for even after she is put away she continues the wife of him that put her away.
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The Apostle has fixed the limit here, requiring her to abstain from a fresh marriage as long as her husband lives. After his death he allows her to marry. But if the woman may not marry while her former husband is…
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Yet I would not have the reader think this disputation of ours sufficient in a matter so arduous; for not every sin is spiritual fornication, nor does God destroy every sinner, for He hears His saints daily crying to…
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If any affirm that the only fornication for which the Lord allows divorce is that of carnal sin, he may see that the Lord has spoken of believing husbands and wives, forbidding either to leave the other except for…
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Not only does He permit to put away a wife who commits fornication, but whoso puts away a wife by whom he is driven to commit fornication, puts her away for the cause of fornication, both for his own sake and hers.
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He also rightly puts away his wife to whom she shall say, I will not be your wife unless you get me money by robbery; or should require any other crime to be done by him. If the husband here be truly penitent, he…
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Nothing can be more unjust than to put away a wife for fornication, and yourself to be guilty of that sin, for then is that happened, “Wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself.” [Rom 2:1] When He says,…
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Clement of Alexandria
““He that taketh a woman that has been put away,” it is said, “committeth adultery; and if one puts away his wife, he makes her an adulteress,” that is, compels her to commit adultery.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 32; xix. 9.
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Cross-references · 34
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2380 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2382 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 9.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2382.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:32 (9) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 9.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 5:32 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 19:9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Letters Letter 188.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.
Cited together in Catechism §2380.