“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,” Angela Paxton posted on X. “I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.
“I move forward with complete confidence that God is always working everything together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose,” she wrote.
God says no divorces…
Henry the 8th was the one that said divorces were cool with God, probably because it was starting to look bad how many wives he was executing
The Roman Catholic Popes and cardinals are the ones who said “no divorce.”
When Moses wrote down the law, the rule was was “ok, divorce if you must.”
According to the Gospels, Jesus (God) appropriately said “divorce is bad, and leaving your wife for a younger model is just adultery with extra steps.”
Technically annulled, but you were still way closer than I was going off memory:
Possibly pressured somewhat by Catherine’s nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Pope refused. In response the king assumed supremacy over religious matters and turned his back on the Catholic Church.
Henry’s marriage to Catherine was eventually annulled on 1533 and Catherine was banished from court as Dowager Princess of Wales. She lived out the rest of her days at Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire where she died in 1536. Her daughter Mary was forbidden for visiting her or to attending her funeral at Peterborough Cathedral.
God says no divorces…
Henry the 8th was the one that said divorces were cool with God, probably because it was starting to look bad how many wives he was executing
God said no such thing.
The Roman Catholic Popes and cardinals are the ones who said “no divorce.”
When Moses wrote down the law, the rule was was “ok, divorce if you must.”
According to the Gospels, Jesus (God) appropriately said “divorce is bad, and leaving your wife for a younger model is just adultery with extra steps.”
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+19&version=NIV
(Matthew 19, the aforementioned gospel.)
https://www.insight.org/resources/article-library/individual/what-did-jesus-say-about-divorce
(A Texas pastor opining on the topic. A bit too anti-sex for my taste, but a fair sample of Texas conservative Christendom.)
First was divorced actually. The 2nd was accused of some weird shit, she was beheaded.
Technically annulled, but you were still way closer than I was going off memory:
https://www.historyhit.com/the-6-wives-of-henry-viii-in-order/