Pauline privilege

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Word forms

Pauline privilege

Etymology

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

Related words

Petrine privilege
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