Christian Ethics - ④ Domestic Violence, Marriage and Divorce​

Christian Ethics - ④ Domestic Violence, Marriage and Divorce​

The issue of domestic violence, marriage, and divorce for Christians (including pastors) should be approached from a general perspective rather than from the level of pastoral ethics. However, the reason for considering this problem by including it in pastoral ethics seems to be that the pastor perceives it as a distinct concept of the priest (priest), not the general public. This perception also applies to ordinary believers. What seems to happen is that society seems to have a tendency to stick to an unusually strict standard against Christians. For example, do Buddhist religions or monks, taoists or ascetic demand strict moral standards that society demands from Christians? The really low level of criticism is called'hypocrite', but that doesn't seem to impose the strict moral standards that church members and pastors demand. Also, a person called ascetic goes down to the village and drinks a kind of wine and gibberlished alone, so it cannot be said to be a great fault. But I don't know if it's unfortunate or fortunate, but those who serve God must be blameless and sacred, and the pastor is even more serious. Therefore, if they have any unfamiliar things such as domestic violence, unusual marriage, divorce, etc., they say, "The things that go to church..., the one who is a pastor..." click their tongues. In particular, it is natural to condemn strict condemnation, such as excommunication or deprivation of status, for those who hold the priesthood, whether they are pastors or priests.

However, it is said that the Presbyterian tradition means that a pastor or teacher also selects the right person from among the believers and entrusts the position. Of course, even in that case, in the case of a pastoral position, there is a much more stringent selection standard than other positions, but the basic premise is that the pastor is also one of the general saints, that is, an ordinary human being. So, North American churches preach at least as long as there are people in the church who are qualified to minister. Unless there is anything special, the Korean pastor who is in charge of preaching is somewhat different. In this way, the pastor's domestic violence, marriage and divorce should be approached with the same concept as the general saints. Moreover, it would be even worse if either party of the pastoral couple was an unbeliever. However, there is a belief that a faithful pastor will faithfully carry out family life. It may not be the case, but I have seen many cases where respected pastors, faithful church elders, and couples of priests are smooth and their children are blessed and growing well. Thank you. Eventually, these domestically-problematic problems should be encouraged and comforted by the general saint or pastor in order to make the right decisions for themselves, and care and consideration should be given to the church community so as not to cause problems in the pastoral home. Also, they are fragile human beings, and they can clearly follow the problems related to domestic violence, marriage, and divorce. In this case, instead of condemning them and making a principled argument, but not putting bubbles in their mouths, they can find answers in the process of sharing joy and sadness as a community by helping Christians to put themselves down in front of God and heal themselves.

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