Pauline privilege
English
Etymology
Drawn from the apostle Paul's instructions in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
Proper noun
Pauline privilege
- A Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage between two non-baptized persons in the case that one (but not both) of the partners seeks baptism and converts to Christianity and the other partner leaves the marriage.
Related terms
- Petrine privilege