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  2. Adultery - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Type of extramarital sex This article is about the act of adultery or extramarital sex. For other uses, see Adultery (disambiguation). For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Sex and the law Social issues Consent Reproductive rights Homophobia (Criminalization · Capital ...

  3. Thou shalt not commit adultery - Wikipedia

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    Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִנְאָף, romanized: Lōʾ t̲inʾāp̲) is found in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible. It is considered the sixth commandment by Roman Catholic and Lutheran authorities, but the seventh by Jewish and most Protestant authorities.

  4. Fornication - Wikipedia

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    John Calvin viewed adultery to be any sexual act that is outside the divine model for sexual intercourse, which includes fornication. [3] For many people, the term carries an overtone of moral or religious disapproval, but the significance of sexual acts to which the term is applied varies between religions, societies, and cultures.

  5. Catholic theology of sexuality - Wikipedia

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    There, adultery is defined as an injustice because it is an injury of the covenant of the marriage bond, a transgression of the other spouse, an undermining of the institution of marriage and a compromising of the welfare of children who need their parents' stable union.

  6. Matthew 5:32 - Wikipedia

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    The most debated issue is over the exception to the ban on divorce, which the KJV translates as "saving for the cause of fornication." The Koine Greek word in the exception is πορνείας /porneia, this has variously been translated to specifically mean adultery, to mean any form of marital immorality, or to a narrow definition of marriages already invalid by law.

  7. Forbidden relationships in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Thou shalt not commit adultery. It is forbidden for a man to have sexual relations with a married woman not his wife. (Leviticus 18:20, 20:10) According to Jeffrey H. Tigay in Encyclopedia Judaica (2007), "ADULTERY (Heb. נִאוּף, ni'uf; sometimes, loosely, זְנוּת, zenut; זְנוּנִים, zenunim; lit. "fornication, whoredom ...

  8. Extramarital sex - Wikipedia

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    The Torah prescribes the death penalty through strangulation [15] for adultery, which is defined as sex with or by a female who is already married to another man.The Torah prescribes strict liability and punishment on the male, but liability and punishment on the female only if she was not raped (Leviticus 20:10).

  9. Christian views on divorce - Wikipedia

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    We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22, 23). We deplore the evils of divorce and remarriage. We regard adultery as the only scripturally justifiable grounds for divorce; and the party guilty of adultery has by his or her act forfeited membership in the ...