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Pauline privilege
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English
Etymology
Drawn from the apostle Paul's instructions in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
Proper noun
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.
Related terms
en Petrine privilege
en eponyms