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“宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚。”

1 Corinthians 7:10-12, 15–16 NIV

{Lord’s command}

[10] To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. [11] But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

{Paul’s counsel}

[12] To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

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[15] But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. [16] How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?



Materials obtained from open source.

“Leave:
Free to stay or leave.
There is no compulsion.
Friendship with God is a free gift and a free offer.
Reject or accept!

Bound:
Am I my brothers keeper?
If I am the stumbling block, the reason my brother leaves.

If I have a clear conscience and blameless.

Peace is not indiscriminate.
There is a bottom line, a boundary.” — Kelvin Koh

The Immediate Trigger:
King Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547) wanted an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn and (he hoped) secure a male heir.
Pope Clement VII refused to grant the annulment. This was partly for theological reasons and partly for political ones: Catherine was the aunt of the powerful Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who controlled Rome at the time and pressured the Pope not to grant it.
The Formal Break:
After years of failed negotiations, Henry and his advisors (especially Thomas Cromwell and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer) used Parliament to cut England’s ties with Rome:

拆散一桩婚，胜过拆九座房。

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