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Marriage, Position Statement (crcna.org)

Christian Reformed Church in North America, official site

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The Christian Reformed Church in North America's own position statement page on marriage. States marriage is an institution created by God, a covenant relationship established by mutual vows between a man and a woman united by God. States that for the church's first 150 years its theological understanding of marriage agreed with its social and legal context. States the church held, from 1908, that a divorced person who remarried lived in continual adultery, that Synod 1956 rejected this reading as without scriptural basis, and that Synod 1980 accepted guidelines addressing divorce and remarriage pastorally in its place. States Synod 2016 determined that same-sex marriage is in conflict with the Word of God and that this was later added to the Church Order as Article 69-c, barring a minister from solemnising a marriage in conflict with the Word of God.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The denomination's own site, stating its own synodical history and current position on marriage.
Notes
Cited for Christian Reformed Church in North America's position on marriage, its detail and how that position developed.
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Publisher
Christian Reformed Church in North America
URL
https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/position-statements/marriage
Source Type
Official doctrinal statement
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Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Custodian Basis
The denomination's own official site, stating its own synodical decisions.
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Americas, Continents

This source names Americas directly: "The Christian Reformed Church in North America's own position statement page on marriage."

Source Marriage, Position Statement (crcna.org)the holders' own account
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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