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EcumenyandLaw,no.1(2013)
pp.19—30
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ThePontificalUniversityofJohnPaulIIinCracow,Poland
IndissolubilityofMarriagefrom
LutheranPerspective
Keywords:marriage,Lutherans,ecumenism,Catholic-Lutheranecumenicaldialogue
WhencomparingtheCatholicandtheLutherantradition,itiseasyto
noticethediferencesinboththetheologyandthepracticeofmarriage.
AmongthenumerousissuesconstitutingthespecificallyLutheranviewof
marriage,theissueofitsindissolubilityhasparticularsignificance.
Obviously
,withinasinglearticle,itisnotpossibletooferacompre-
hensivepresentationofthisimportantandcomplexproblemasmetwith
invariouschurchesandcommunitiescultivatingtheLutherantradition.
Therefore,wemustresorttocertainsimplificationsandconcentrateon
themaintrendoftheLutherantradition,consideringespeciallytheviews
ofMartinLuther(1483—1546)himselfandskippingthedivergencesin
thismatteramongtheLutheranfaithful.1
Takingintoaccountthedimcultiesmentioned,Iwillstartthisreflec-
tionwithshowingthebasicelementsoftheLutheranconceptionofmar-
riage(1).Next,IwillpresenttheLutheranviewoftheindissolubilityof
marriage(2).Finally
,Iwillpointouttothepresenceofthisissueinthe
ecumenicalCatholic-Lutherandialogue(3).
1Asamatteroffact,thechurchesfollowingtheLutherantraditiondiferinsomemoral
andmaritalissues.BesidesthemajorityofLutheranchurchesassociatedintheLutheran
WorldFederation,therearealsoconservativechurchesofthistraditionlike,e.g.,the
LutheranChurchMissouriSynodintheUSA.Cf.P.Jaskóła:Podstawyekumenizmu.
Opole2010,p.117;T.TeRlIkOwskI:“Mężczyznąiniewiastąstworzyłich.Etykaseksualna
KościołaLuterańskiegoSynoduMissouri.”PrzeglądPowszechny10(2004):pp.14—25.