Catechism Paragraph 2380
Part 3:
LIFE IN CHRIST
Section 2: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Chapter 2: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 6: THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Section 2: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Chapter 2: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 6: THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Adultery
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. Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire.[170] The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely.[171] The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery; they see it as an image of the sin of idolatry.[172]
š Footnotes
[170]
Cf. Mt 5:27-28.
[171]
Cf. Mt 5:32; 19:6; Mk 10:11; 1 Cor 6:9-10.
[172]
Cf. Hos 2:7; Jer 5:7; 13:27.