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| − | Jesus said that a man commits adultery in his heart by lustfully looking at a woman. (Matthew 5:28) Sexual intercourse by a married man or woman outside marriage is considered adultery under modern law, although it is hardly ever punished anymore. | + | In law adultery is usually defined as engaging in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when the person doing so has a living spouse.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62581-2004Sep4.html</ref> In western Europe and North America adultury by either spouse is a ground for [[divorce]], though in the U.S. the shift to no-fault divorce significantly reduced the importance of adultery as an element in divorce proceedings. |
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| + | Adultery is unnatural relations between a married person and a person other than their spouse, as described in The Catholic Encyclopedia <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm</ref> The Bible forbids adultery in the [[Ten Commandments]] (Exodus 20:14). | ||
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| + | Jesus said that a man commits adultery in his heart by lustfully looking at a woman. (Matthew 5:28) Sexual intercourse by a married man or woman outside marriage is considered adultery under modern law, although it is hardly ever punished anymore. | ||
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| + | ==The effects of adultery== | ||
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| + | Adultery ruins trust between husband and wife and destroys families. It is contrary to the traditional marriage pronouncement derived from Matthew 19:6: "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." It also breaks the promise that the bride and groom make to each other in virtually every form of marriage ceremony observed in the U.S.—even secular observances conducted in judge's chambers, or in vows written by the couple themselves. | ||
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Revision as of 19:49, April 22, 2007
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Adultery and the Law
In law adultery is usually defined as engaging in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when the person doing so has a living spouse.[1] In western Europe and North America adultury by either spouse is a ground for divorce, though in the U.S. the shift to no-fault divorce significantly reduced the importance of adultery as an element in divorce proceedings.
Adultery and the Bible
Adultery is unnatural relations between a married person and a person other than their spouse, as described in The Catholic Encyclopedia [2] The Bible forbids adultery in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:14).
Jesus said that a man commits adultery in his heart by lustfully looking at a woman. (Matthew 5:28) Sexual intercourse by a married man or woman outside marriage is considered adultery under modern law, although it is hardly ever punished anymore.
The effects of adultery
Adultery ruins trust between husband and wife and destroys families. It is contrary to the traditional marriage pronouncement derived from Matthew 19:6: "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." It also breaks the promise that the bride and groom make to each other in virtually every form of marriage ceremony observed in the U.S.—even secular observances conducted in judge's chambers, or in vows written by the couple themselves.
Notes and references
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62581-2004Sep4.html
- ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01163a.htm
