Is divorce considered an adultery

Answer 1

Legally speaking, while adultery is frequently cited as the REASON for a divorce, they are separate ideas. Divorce is the legal procedure for terminating a marriage. Adultery is when a married person has sex with someone other than the spouse.

From a moral perspective, many churches teach that a divorced person is also an adulterator. Some go so far as to teach that a divorcee should not remarry. This is contrary to God's law in Deut. 24:1-4. However, Jewish law allowed divorce and remarriage. A husband could divorce his wife, so long as he gave her a certificate. God, Himself, divorced Israel. Jer. 3:8. Throughout The Bible, however, divorce is strongly discouraged. Mal 2:6, I Cor. 7, etc.

Jesus made the strongest statements about divorce toward men who considered themselves righteous because they gave their wives a "writ" or a certificate of divorce as opposed to leaving her hanging, as many men did in that day and still do. Jesus made a strong statement to these men, stating, "And I say to you, whoever R695 divorces F431 his wife, except for immorality, F432 and marries another woman commits F433 adultery." Matthew 19 and "I say to you that everyone who divorces F85 his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced F86 woman commits adultery." NAS Matthew 5.

Commonly, the scriptures in Matthew and Mark 10 are interpreted that if a person is divorced for any reason besides adultery, then they become an adulterer or adulteress. However, looking at the context of the sermon, Christ was teaching about self-righteousness. Throughout the years, man had changed the intent of God's laws, adding more and more to the laws, and becoming more and more legalistic. It had gotten to the point that some were proud of themselves for abiding by all the made-up laws. You might imagine one saying, "Look at me. I haven't committed murder, robbed a bank, or cheated on my wife. I'm great." Jesus taught that they weren't so great, as a matter or fact, just having the thoughts is sin. He also taught that giving your wife a writ wasn't righteous, either, because what it was really doing was making everyone involved into adulterers.

What Jesus was not doing was trying to make any victim of divorce feel bad for "being made an adulteress." I do not think Jesus was addressing victims. He was addressing self-righteous, selfish people, who were divorcing their wives for any and every reason, thinking as long as they provided that certificate, they were pleasing God.

Jesus does not go into more detail about divorce victims, but He does say that the law about divorce was permitted because of the hardness of men's hearts. A hard-hearted man does not treat his wife, well, so the divorce, in itself, is a protection for her. Other scriptures also outline how God feels for the victim of a loveless relationship. I Pet. 3:11 is one of the scriptures that advises men to treat their wives, fairly, lest they not get their prayers answered.

Answer 2

In some jurisdictions.

ANS#2:

Yes as per Family Law in India one can file for ddivorce on the ground on adultery.