If the wife of anyone has committed adultery or if any man commit adultery it seems fit that he shall be restored to full communion after seven years passed in the prescribed degrees [of penance].
While adultery was and is a grievous sin before God, such is forgivable before God and the church after an examination of penance. That adultery carries a lesser penance than idol worship is surprising on a natural level, since another person is directly wronged. Yet, idolatry is whoring after other gods, and the Lord of Hosts is the one agrieved by the infraction, ergo the more severe penalty.
While adultery was and is a grievous sin before God, such is forgivable before God and the church after an examination of penance. That adultery carries a lesser penance than idol worship is surprising on a natural level, since another person is directly wronged. Yet, idolatry is whoring after other gods, and the Lord of Hosts is the one agrieved by the infraction, ergo the more severe penalty.
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