{"id":114485,"date":"2026-11-08T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114485"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:14:49","slug":"divorce-and-remarriage-what-churches-allow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/divorce-and-remarriage-what-churches-allow\/","title":{"rendered":"Echtscheiding en hertrouwen: wat elke kerk toestaat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Most churches will marry a divorced person in some circumstances, and what divides them is which circumstances, and who has the right to decide. The Catholic Church holds that a valid marriage between baptized Christians ends only at death, so the ordinary road to a second wedding in church runs through a tribunal that declares the first marriage invalid from the start. The Eastern Orthodox grant a church divorce and allow up to three marriages, and when both partners are\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which churches allow divorce and remarriage, and who decides: Catholic annulment, Orthodox second weddings, Protestant grounds, Amish rules and LDS sealing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-114485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7146,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-remarrying-after-divorce-a-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":114485,"position":0},"title":"Is Remarrying After Divorce A Sin?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Christian churches disagree. 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