Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
... For many of the fathers have gathered thereupon, that if a man’s wife committed whoredom & fornication, he might not only put her away, but marry another. Some others, and among them namely S. Augustine, have thought that the man might put away his wife but marry another he might not.
The School divines of latter years, & the Canonists, as for the most part they were addicted commonly to S. Austin’s judgment, did likewise follow him herein & the Pope’s maintaining their doctrine for Catholic, have possessed the church of Rome with this opinion. But since in our days the light of good learning both for arts & tongues hath shined more brightly by God’s most gracious goodness then in the former ages, and the holy scriptures by the help thereof have been the better understood: the Pastors and Doctors of the reformed Churches have perceived & shewed, that if a man’s wife defile her self with fornication, he may not only put her away by Christ’s Doctrine but also marry another. Wherein that they teach agreeably to the truth, and not erroneously, as Jesuits & Papists do falsely and unjustly charge them. ...
For more, see John Rainolds on the Reformed view of divorce and remarriage.
The School divines of latter years, & the Canonists, as for the most part they were addicted commonly to S. Austin’s judgment, did likewise follow him herein & the Pope’s maintaining their doctrine for Catholic, have possessed the church of Rome with this opinion. But since in our days the light of good learning both for arts & tongues hath shined more brightly by God’s most gracious goodness then in the former ages, and the holy scriptures by the help thereof have been the better understood: the Pastors and Doctors of the reformed Churches have perceived & shewed, that if a man’s wife defile her self with fornication, he may not only put her away by Christ’s Doctrine but also marry another. Wherein that they teach agreeably to the truth, and not erroneously, as Jesuits & Papists do falsely and unjustly charge them. ...
For more, see John Rainolds on the Reformed view of divorce and remarriage.
