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John 8:3-11
And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,
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Whether it is Lawful for a Man to Kill his Wife if She be ...
... Since then the just punishment of adultery is death, because it is a capital sin,
it would seem lawful for a husband to kill his adulterous wife. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 21.htm

Whether in a Case of Divorce Husband and Wife Should be Judged on ...
... for divorce in both. For divorce is a punishment of adultery, in so far
as it is opposed to the marriage goods. Now as regards the ...
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Reformation of Abuses at Rome by the Emperor Theodosius.
... Antiq., art. Sistrum. [749] From a law of Constantine's (Cod. 9. 30) whose genuineness
is, however, disputed, the punishment of adultery was death. ...
/.../chapter xviii reformation of abuses at.htm

About the Young Man who Killed the Maiden.
... labouring and working; [2387] and let the adulterers no more commit adultery, lest
they give themselves up to everlasting punishment; for adultery is with God ...
/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostle thomas/about the young man who.htm

Spiritual Adultery.
... dissolution of the body; even as, among men, she who is caught in adultery is first
cast out from the house, and then afterwards is condemned to punishment.". ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxviii spiritual adultery.htm

The Woman Taken in Adultery.
... that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery?" but also ...
is due to this sin, and then to accept such proportionate punishment as would ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xvii the woman taken in.htm

Deuteronomy
... neighbourliness, the protection of mother-birds, the duty of taking precautions
in building, the rights of a husband, the punishment of adultery and seduction ...
/.../mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/deuteronomy.htm

Letter ccxvii. To Amphilochius, the Canons.
... The union of kindred within the prohibited degrees of marriage, if detected as having
taken place in acts of sin, shall receive the punishment of adultery. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxvii to amphilochius the.htm

David not Lustful, Though He Fell into Adultery.
... shown this, and God's punishment had been denounced against him, he wiped out his
sin in deep penitence. But yet in this parable it was the adultery only that ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 21 david not lustful though.htm

Whether the Division of Sins According to their Debt of Punishment ...
... Ex genere," genus in this case denoting the species], as murder and adultery; and
some ... in relation to its reward, so does sin stand in relation to punishment. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the division of sins.htm