耶穌作為基督教信仰之核心,耶穌的觀點與教導是作為所有基督徒(包括初代教會之使徒)之生活準則,其中也包含了婚姻當中的議題──離婚與再婚。 由於馬可先成書,也因著該福音書中耶穌對於離婚與再婚的教導,其嚴格性符合「尷尬標準」,實屬早期之「耶穌傳統」。當耶穌的教導隨著時間延續至馬太群體時,因著群體的特性與發展,有著不能完全實踐耶穌教導的難處,因此馬太福音的作者對耶穌關於婚姻的教導進行了編修,將其添上一個條件句,為的是讓群體遵行耶穌傳統之教導的同時,仍能繼續發展。隨著基督信仰之發展,教會群體不單只在猶太社會當中,也進入外邦城市之內,保羅因著實際牧養的需要,除了闡明耶穌傳統教導之精義外,也對其進行了處境化的再詮釋,以至於對信徒來說,雖達不到那最高耶穌傳統教導之標準,但仍有機會繼續待在群體之中,持續接受教會牧養。期盼此研究不單對於基督徒離婚再婚的議題有助益,更期盼對於今日教會牧養之各個層面能予以類推。
Jesus is the centerpiece of the Christian faith, and the views and teachings of Jesus are the standard of living for all Christians (including the apostles of the early church), including the issue of marriage - divorce and remarriage. Because Mark was written first, and because the rigor of Jesus’ teaching on divorce and remarriage in that Gospel meets the “Criterion of Embarrassment”, it is part of the early “Jesus Tradition”. As the teachings of Jesus continued over time to the Matthean community, due to the nature and development of the community, there were difficulties in fully implementing the teachings of Jesus, so the author of the Gospel of Matthew revised the teachings of Jesus on divorce by adding a conditional clause to allow the community to continue to develop while following the teachings of the Jesus tradition. With the development of the Christian faith, the church community is not only in Jewish society, but also in Gentile cities. For practical pastoral needs, Paul not only clarifies the essence of the traditional teaching of Jesus, but also reinterprets it in a contextualized way, so that for believers, although they do not reach the highest standard of the traditional teaching of Jesus, they still have the opportunity to remain in the community and continue to receive pastoral care from the church. It is hoped that this study will be useful not only for the issue of divorce and remarriage among Christians, but also for all aspects of pastoral care in the Church today.