DIVORCE
(See also Adultery [Physical]; Marriage; Moral Breakdown; Separation)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
adultery:
additional acts come to light after forgiveness extended: w74 511-512
admission by unbeliever: w77 607-608
adultery in one’s heart not basis for: w77 255-256
marriage tie not automatically broken: w83 12/15 27-29
planned adultery to break Scriptural marriage ties: w83 3/15 29; w81 7/1 17-19, 21-22
suspicion of, not adequate grounds: w77 607
when adulterous mate may obtain: w74 671-672
alimony:
value of a wife’s services: g80 10/22 30
annulment: g74 9/22 13-14
Australia: g78 10/22 3
avoiding: w83 3/15 29-30; w83 12/15 27-29; g82 6/8 11-12; w81 7/1 21-22; w78 5/15 28-30; g77 12/8 7-8, 12; g76 1/22 6-9; w73 695; g73 9/22 26-28; w69 740-742
in later years of life: fl 171-174
before learning truth: w80 1/15 30-31; w68 575-576
Bible view: g78 10/22 23; w77 175-176
maneuvering to obtain: w83 3/15 29; w81 7/1 17-19, 21-22; w71 309-310; g64 10/22 27-28
sex relations between a legally divorced couple: w82 9/1 31
Brazil: g78 9/22 24-26
Britain: g78 1/8 30; g78 10/22 3; g77 12/8 3, 5
Caesar’s laws: w74 671-672
Canada: g80 4/22 4; g79 7/8 5; g78 10/22 3; g77 12/8 3
Catholic Church: g74 5/8 30; g74 9/22 13-15; w72 597; g70 5/8 30; g69 9/22 30; g69 10/22 31; w55 493; w54 170; w53 99; w51 236; g51 10/8 15-16; g48 7/8 21-22
annulments: g85 3/22 30
survey as to the view of Catholics: g80 6/22 30
causes: g83 7/22 3-4; w81 7/1 21-22; g80 4/22 8-9; g79 4/22 15; g78 10/22 10-15; g77 12/8 5-6; g76 1/22 4-5; g75 3/22 9; w74 9; w70 67, 388-389; g67 9/22 12; g66 2/22 31; g64 6/8 15; w62 456; g61 6/22 17; g61 8/8 11; g57 1/22 24; g57 6/22 8; w56 588; g56 1/8 25-26; g56 9/8 3-4; g55 8/8 26; w51 276
infatuation: g82 4/8 16-17
child custody: g52 10/8 7-8; g45 12/5 26-28
court decisions available from the Society: km 7/81 4
children:
law allowing divorce from parents: g80 2/22 29-30
China: g84 6/22 29-30
among remarried quake survivors: g81 1/22 31
clergymen: g75 12/8 30-31
discussion: w83 12/15 27-29; g82 6/8 9-12; w81 7/1 17-19, 21-22; g81 3/22 17-20; w77 175-176; g77 12/8 3-13; g76 1/22 3-9; g73 9/22 26-28; w71 309-310; ad 458-461, 1116
easy divorce: g78 10/22 14
effects: w80 11/15 3; g78 10/22 6; g77 12/8 4; g76 7/22 30; g75 3/22 30; g74 4/22 4; w70 388-389; is 140-141; g68 3/8 31
life expectancy compared with that of married persons: g80 5/8 6; g80 7/22 30; g78 10/22 9
loneliness: g82 6/8 10; g80 5/8 8
of World War I: w83 6/1 6
on children: g84 10/8 28; g82 6/8 10-11; g81 3/22 17-19
on women: g80 12/22 29
experiences:
first-person account: g77 12/8 9-13
reunited by Bible truth: w70 68
France: g78 10/22 11
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g77 12/8 6
grounds:
admission of adultery by unbelieving husband: w77 607-608
bestiality: w83 3/15 30
court rules religion not: g73 12/22 30
disease not: w60 690
homosexuality: w83 3/15 30; w72 31-32, 767-768
legal: yb63 147; w61 94-96; g61 4/22 26; g58 3/22 26; g58 4/8 25-26; w56 588-592; g51 8/22 6-7; g51 10/8 13-15
masturbation not: w83 3/15 30; w74 160
perversions within marriage not: w83 3/15 31; w78 2/15 30-32
removed when innocent mate resumes sex with guilty mate: w81 3/1 30-31
Scriptural: w83 3/15 29-30; w82 9/1 31; w81 3/1 31; tr 179; w80 1/15 30-31; hp 79; w78 5/15 29-30; fl 172; g78 9/22 25; w77 180; w77 255-256; g77 12/8 8; g76 1/22 6-7; w74 160; w74 511-512; w74 671-672; w74 703-704; w73 154-155; tp73 150; g73 9/22 27; w72 31-32, 766-768; ad 39, 217, 460-461, 805; g70 11/8 28; w69 741; g69 6/8 8; w68 56, 255, 575-576; li 236-238; g64 10/22 27; w63 78; ln 47; w61 93-96; g61 4/22 26; w60 277-278, 723-725; g58 3/22 26; g58 4/8 25-26; w56 588-598; cy 17-18; g55 8/8 26-27; w53 734; w51 236-239; el 146-147; w48 336; w47 25-27, 39
uncleanness, loose conduct not (Ga 5:19): w83 3/15 31; w78 12/15 20
interlocutory decree: w68 255-256
Islam: w52 300; g43 1/20 10
Italy: g74 5/8 30; g74 9/22 13-15; g70 1/8 30
Japan: g84 5/22 30; g83 4/22 30; g83 8/22 29; g78 10/22 3; g77 12/8 3
Jehovah’s view of: w81 7/1 18-19, 21; w78 5/15 29-30; w71 309-310
Jews: w78 5/15 29; g78 10/22 4
Joseph and Mary: w85 5/15 20; ad 459-460; w68 479-480
legal fees: g77 12/8 4-5; g75 3/22 30
matriarchal society: g61 3/22 18
Methodist Church ritual for divorced couples: w77 39
minister performs: g74 12/22 30
Mosaic Law: lp 147; w47 24-26
certificate of divorce: w78 5/15 29
motive: g64 10/22 27-28
“no fault”: g77 12/8 5; g76 1/22 4; g73 7/22 31
not always the answer: w83 12/15 27-29; g82 6/8 9-12; g73 9/22 26-28
not in new system of things: nh 345
overcoming loneliness: w77 563-565
Philippines:
sea gypsies: g75 9/22 15
political figures: g77 12/8 6
Portugal: g76 1/22 3-4
prenuptial contracts: w82 9/15 7
rabbinical law: w47 40
Rome (ancient): w80 9/15 31
separation: w75 286-288; w75 575-576; w74 511
Soviet Union: w80 7/15 3; g78 10/22 4; g77 12/8 3; g73 10/8 11; g66 3/8 30; g66 8/8 29
statistics: g83 7/22 3; w82 12/15 3; g80 2/8 24; g79 9/22 29; g78 10/22 3-4; g77 12/8 3-4; w76 523; w76 611; g76 3/8 30; g76 4/22 29; g76 6/8 30; g76 7/22 30; w75 483; g74 1/22 31; g74 4/22 3-4; g74 5/22 3; g74 9/8 4; g73 10/8 11; g72 4/8 29; g72 12/8 29; w71 309; g71 4/8 30; g71 4/22 31; g71 11/22 31; g70 2/22 29; g70 5/8 31; g70 8/22 31; w69 739; g69 8/8 3-4; g69 10/22 29; w67 420; g67 9/22 12-13; g66 3/22 29; g66 6/22 30; g65 1/8 5; g65 5/22 31; g65 10/8 8; g65 10/22 9; g64 2/8 30; g64 10/8 8, 30; g64 11/22 29-30; g63 7/8 30; w62 248; g61 5/8 9; w60 686; g60 4/22 16; g60 9/8 15; g60 11/8 30; g59 4/22 10-11; w58 447; g55 3/8 8; g51 7/8 7; g51 8/22 6-7; w47 19; g46 11/22 24; g36 6/3 564; g35 9/25 808
chart showing rates since 1900: g81 4/8 24
increase: g76 1/22 3
increased rate of, for high-salaried women: g83 11/22 27
rate according to nations: g76 1/8 31
suicide among divorced: g77 12/8 4
Sweden: g78 10/22 3; g77 12/8 3
treacherous divorce: w83 3/15 29; w81 7/1 17-19, 21-22; w79 11/15 31-32; w78 5/15 29
effect of adulterous remarriage on privileges of service: w83 3/15 29; w80 9/15 31
United States: g84 1/8 10
statistics: w83 6/1 7; g83 5/22 14; w80 7/15 3; w78 1/15 22; g78 7/22 30; g78 10/22 4; w77 263
when—
Caesar’s recognition is unavailable: w77 182-185; tp73 151
final: w68 255-256
husband beats wife: w83 3/15 28-29; g79 5/8 12-13; w75 286-288
unbelieving mate uses false charges for: w77 31-32
whether to contest a legal divorce: w77 31-32
Yugoslavia:
wedding “pause law” to prevent divorce: g83 1/22 30
Zambia: g77 12/8 3
Zimbabwe: g78 10/22 3
Quotations
divorce is drastic surgery: g82 6/8 9-10
same as losing a close relative through death: g82 6/8 9