Conjugial Love #484
484. 4. Triple adultery is adultery with close blood relatives. We call this triple adultery, because it is three times more grave than the previous two kinds. (For a list of the close blood relatives or near of kin which are not to be "approached," see Leviticus 18:6-17. 1 )
Such adulteries are three times more grave than the foregoing two kinds for reasons that are internal and external. The internal reasons derive from the correspondence of such adulteries with a violation of the spiritual marriage, which is that of the Lord and the church and so then of goodness and truth. The external reasons, on the other hand, exist as matters of protection, to keep a person from becoming an animal. However, we do not have the space here to proceed to a discovery of the reasons.
Фусноти:
1. These include: father, mother, stepmother, sister, stepsister, granddaughter, half sister, paternal or maternal aunt, uncle, uncle's wife, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, stepdaughter, mother-in-law, stepgranddaughter.
Leviticus 18:6-17
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"'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
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"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
