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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >In this way I suppose that the same act could be described as either >adultery or fornication depending which person was being accused and what >their station in life was. Does anyone have a problem with this ? I do. I believe that sex with a married person, not one's spouse, is adultery regardless of the state in life of the person having sex with the married person. ********* Respondeo: Quite right too. Paragraph 2380 of the Catechism states: "Adultery refers to marital infidelity. When two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations - even transient ones - they commit adultery." Note that it says THEY commit adultery, not that one commits adultery and the other fornication. Bill. --------------------------------- Play Santa's Celebrity Xmas Party, an exclusive game from Yahoo! ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html