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Tertullian was 3rd century. Jesus said that whoever divorces and re-marries commits adultery, and whoever marries someone so divorced also commits adultery.

God has predestined the Elect from before the foundation of the world. But the Elect, except by a direct revelation from heaven, can never know if they are truly among the Elect. No one knows what tomorrow brings. The holiest of men have been seen to fall away, and the wickedest of men have been seen to embrace their cross. God knows. We do not. I honestly believe that we deceive ourselves if we think we do know. Jesus said that the one who persevered to the end would be saved. Let us all pray, then, for the grace to persevere.

Hi. Am new here. This is my first post, actually. Jesus was the Second Adam, and just as God brought forth the bride of Adam from his side as he lay locked in sleep, so was the Bride of Christ brought forth from His side as He lay locked in the sleep of death; that is, from the Blood of redemption and the water of Baptism, which flowed from the heart of the Second Adam.