Matthew 5:31 Douay-Rheims

And it hath been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

John Chrysostom (attributed)

Patristic

If we ought to bear the burdens of strangers, in obedience to that of the Apostle, Bear ye one another’s burdens, (Gal. 6:2.) how much more that of our wives and husbands? The Christian husband ought not only to keep himself from any defilement, but to be careful not to give others occasion of defilement; for so is their sin imputed to him who gave the occasion. Whoso then by putting away his wife gives another man occasion of committing adultery, is condemned for that crime himself.

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as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:31-32

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