Realises that some marriages will reach a point of irretrievable breakdown.
Whilst the clergy have the right to marry divorcees in church, usually second marriages do not take place in church
The General Synod recognises the variety of family realationships which now exist and has expressed regret that there is an increase in cohabitation
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The Catholic Church Views
Has strict guidelines on divorce. The church considers the bond of marriage to be sacred and lifelong. Marriage is both a legal bond on earth and a spiritual bond which God has witnessed. The latter cannot be broken.
A catholic is not permitted to recieve the eucharist if s/he remarries
A remarried catholic can take part in mass but is banned from holy communion
Augustine said "The compact of marriage is not done away by divorce intervening; so that they continue wedded persons to one another, even after separation; and commit adultery with those, with whom they shall be joined; even after their own divorce"
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