释义 |
pauline privilege noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st P Etymology: so called from its being based on Paul's doctrine in 1 Cor 7:12-17 : the option available to a previously unbaptized person who becomes a Roman Catholic after marriage to another unbaptized person of dissolving the marriage through legal action undertaken with the consent of ecclesiastical authority if the other person refuses to become a Catholic and impedes the convert's practice of religion |