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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT ausisp.com>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Paul and fornication/divorce
  • Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 01:22:01 +1000


| What do you mean by "annulment"?
| Moon

I'm referring to the modern meaning of annulment -- that is a union which was
never really
legitimate to start with. It wasn't legitimate, then such a marriage does not
need a
divorce -- a tearing of an actual union; rather, it requires an annulment: a
statement
that it was never legitimate to start with. It is a modern concept -- not an
ancient one.
The idea of annulment in ancient days was the same as "divorce".

Today, the result of a divorce is that you still say you used to be married.
If your have
an annulment, then you would not even say that you used to be married -- the
marriage was
null and void to start with.


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)






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