Pauline privilege

The Pauline Privilege (Privilegium Paulinum) is a Christian concept drawn from the apostle Paul's instructions in the
First Epistle to the Corinthians. 
==Origin==
In Paul's epistle it states:
The first section, "not I but the Lord", matches Jesus' teaching on divorce, found in the Expounding of the Law, , , and . The second section, "I say, not the Lord", gives Paul's own teaching on divorce.
In the Catholic Church and in some Protestant denominations (though most Protestants allow divorce in all serious circumstances), this is interpreted as allowing the dissolution of a marriage contracted between two non-baptized persons in the case that one (but not both) of the partners seeks baptism and converts to Christianity and the other partner leaves the marriage. 
It is said that the Pauline Privilege differs from divorce in that it leaves the Christian partner free to remarry, despite the fact that Paul does not himself comment on the lawfulness of such a remarriage. It differs from annulment because it dissolves a valid actual marriage, in favor of the faith of the Christian partner, where annulments declare that a marriage was invalid from the beginning.
According to the Catholic Church's canon law, the Pauline Privilege does not apply when either of the partners was a Christian at the time of marriage. Under Catholicism, the Petrine Privilege may be invoked if only one of the partners was baptized at the time of marriage.
==See also==
*Petrine Privilege
*Pauline Christianity
*Cafeteria Christianity
==External links==
*Catholic Encyclopedia: Divorce (see Section B.1: The Pauline Privilege)
* A Catholic explanation of the Pauline Privilege
* A Messianic Jewish challenge to the Pauline Privilege
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Category:Apostle Paul
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