I am a Catholic woman. I divorced a year ago and am remarried. Does this make me an adulteress? Will I go to Hell if I don't repent the remarriage?
Please don't say I can't judge. Just say what you believe.
2006-11-30 07:28:17 · 12 answers · asked by bullgirls12 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know what the Catholic church says.
And I know what I believe doesn't match.
But the only one you have to worry about is God and your relationship with him. Might I suggest visiting a United Methodist Church and talking with the pastor?
2006-11-30 07:33:42 · answer #1 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Biblically yes.
But join the club. I am divorced and recenltly remarried. I repent for the fact my divorce was against God, and that I should not have remarried, and I accept I am an adulteress, but I also believe in Gods love, mercy and grace, and I think He and I have it all worked out.
2006-11-30 07:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally, Catholics can't remarry unless the first marriage has been anulled. If your priest has said nothing of this (or you got remarried in any church other then the Catholic one) then I"d look into it. I know two couples that had to put their wedding off for nearly two years to get the annullment done from their first marriage (they met after their respective divorces). Try talking to the priest if you're worried. He'll have better answers.
2006-11-30 07:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I can see from a biblical point of view is that you are a Catholic.Why do you ask?Well,I hear one of the things a Catholic must do is call the priest father.The Holy Bible forbids that,unless it's your biological father.Confessing your sins to the priest in the closet,that the only word I could think of,will not get your sins forgiven.The blood and flesh of Christ?The wafer and the juice?That's all it is.A wafer and juice.
Eating the flesh of Christ(wafer)and drinking his blood(juice,wine,etc.)is an abomination unto the lord if put in literal context.
Repent your sins to Jesus Christ.
I apologize if I have angered you or anyone else in this forum.Communion and rituals are not needed to be closer to God.Confessing to a mortal flesh and blood man is not needed to have your sins forgiven.True repentance of your sins to Jesus is what is needed.
Peace be unto you.
2006-11-30 07:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by Derek B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biblically yes you are.
Depending on what your husband did to you to divorce him is another story. The bible says the only reason for divorce should be if another partner commits adultery and has an affair with someone else while they are still married. Repent and keep praying to God, he may take time but he will answer your prayers. Honestly, in my opinion it would have been better if you didn't remarry but it is better to marry than to burn with passion!
2006-11-30 07:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of whether or not it makes you an adulteress you can be forgiven for doing this. If you divorced because your ex slept with someone else, I don't think you are even considered an adulteress.
2006-11-30 07:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biblically you get to remarry if your spouse dies or your spouse has cheated on you which is the only acceptable reason for divorce
Mt 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Mt 5:32 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.
2006-11-30 07:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by simplemod400 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romans 7
An Illustration From Marriage
1Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? 2For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. 3So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man.
This is what the Bible says about it.
But if you repent of that then the Lord will forgive you, for there is only one unforgivable sin and that is not accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.
For His Fame,
-HD
2006-11-30 07:38:47 · answer #8 · answered by mrsdycus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It says in the bible to only get divorced due to adultry. If a man divorces his wife, and she remarries, he causes her to commit adultry, as well as her new husband. It says in the bible to not remarry, or to reconcile with your husband.
Will you go to hell? I don't know, Does God still count you as being married now, and wishes for you to not get a divorce? I don't know....
2006-11-30 07:35:02 · answer #9 · answered by craazzy_lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it counts as adultery. Also, did u know that you could commit murder without physically doing it? It's true, if you give someone an evil look, that counts as murder. and you can also commit adultery in your marriage without actually physically doing it. Yep, sure can, just thinking that someone of the opposite sex looks good and wishing that you were with them, and flirting and such, qualifies as adultery. See? You gotta think about these things.
2006-11-30 09:04:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋