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Pauline privilege

Pauline privilege proper noun: a Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage 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.

Proper noun

Pauline privilege

  1. A Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage 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.

Origin of Pauline privilege

Drawn from the apostle Paul's instructions in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Questions about Pauline privilege

What does Pauline privilege mean?
Pauline privilege means a Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage 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.
What part of speech is Pauline privilege?
Pauline privilege is a proper noun.

Words near Pauline privilege in the dictionary

  1. Paulina
  2. Paulinas
  3. Pauline
  4. Pauline conversion
  5. Pauline conversions
  6. Pauline privilege
  7. Paulines
  8. Pauling
  9. Pauling scale
  10. paulingite
  11. Paulings

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