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This work investigates the early Christian consensus regarding remarriage after divorce, asserting a uniform prohibition.

Remarriage in Early Christianityby A. AndrewDas, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2024. xix + 359 pp. $44.99 (hardback). ISBN: 978‐0‐8028‐8374‐2

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This work investigates the early Christian consensus regarding remarriage after divorce, asserting a uniform prohibition.
Conducted close textual analysis of biblical and patristic sources.
Engaged with both critical and non-critical scholarly approaches.
Examined the teachings of Jesus and Paul regarding divorce and remarriage.
Reviewed the reception of related texts in early church writings.
Determined that early Christian writers consistently prohibited remarriage after divorce.
Found that modern interpretations of exception clauses in the Gospels may lack support from early church views.
Noted that Paul's teachings reinforce a prohibition on remarriage for the divorced.
Identified that early church fathers did not sanction remarriage in the context of divorce.

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This examination explores early Christian views on remarriage after divorce, highlighting challenges to contemporary assumptions.

Zachary Hedges (2026) studied this question.

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