The preacher needs to realize that God’s Word is not the preacher’s word. He is to recognize himself as a messenger, not an originator (1 Thess. 2:13). He is a sower, not the source (Matt. 13:3, 19). He is a herald, not the authority (1 Tim. 2:7). He is a steward, not the owner (Col. 1:25). He is the guide, not the author (Acts 8:31). He is the server of spiritual food, not the chef (John 21:15, 17).
John MacArthur

Divorce

Divorce

DIVORCE

BASIC R.C. BELIEF According to Roman Catholic Teaching, the State has the power to regulate marriages, but no power to grant divorce. This is still the backbone of the Church’s teaching, but in some circumstances and areas, annulments are easier to get.

POST VATICAN II Bishop Dozier of Memphis, Tennessee made headlines by allowing divorced Catholics to participate in a rite of general confession, absolution and Holy Communion. 12,000 people participated, but Roman Catholic officials refused to authorize the procedure as sacramentally valid.

In 1979, the Pope decreed that divorced Catholics who re-married were no longer excommunicated; nevertheless, they were not admitted to full communion or allowed to partake of the Sacraments.

In 1982, in York, England, Pope John Paul II acknowledged “some marriages fail.” Those hoping that this was a prelude to a softer stand on divorce were disappointed when, in the same sermon, he said marriage was “indissoluble and irrevocable.”