<P> The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, in its 2014 Discipline, teaches: </P> <P> We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2: 24; Rom. 7: 2; 1 Cor. 7: 10; Eph. 5: 22, 23). We deplore the evils of divorce and remarriage . We regard adultery as the only scripturally justifiable grounds for divorce; and the party guilty of adultery has by his or her act forfeited membership in the church . In the case of divorce for other cause, neither party shall be permitted to marry again during the lifetime of the other; and violation of this law shall be punished by expulsion from the church (Matt . 5: 32; Mark 10: 11, 12). In the carrying out of these principles, guilt shall be established in accordance with judicial procedures set forth in The Discipline . </P> <P> Many mainline Protestants churches have accepted a broader translation of porneia than just adultery, and now support a wide array of valid reasons for divorce . One modern view is that, since throughout the Sermon on the Mount Jesus condemns the excessive legalism of his day, delineating specific views of divorce from the exact wording of a piece of scripture should be rejected . Several major churches today believe that rules for divorce should be set to best advance Jesus's overarching goals of love and justice, rather than a legalistic interpretation of his words . </P> <P> The Orthodox Church has also recognized this verse as permitting divorce for adultery and other reasons, such as spousal abuse, abandonment, and apostasy . In Eastern Orthodox practice, churches are to allow penitential remarriage up to two times after a divorce . A first marriage is celebrated, a second performed, a third tolerated, and a fourth prohibited . </P>

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