RECENT COLUMNS
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Stephen P. White
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H.W. Crocker III
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Randall Smith
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Amy Fahey
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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COMMENTARY
RECENT COLUMNS
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Stephen P. White
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H.W. Crocker III
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Randall Smith
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Amy Fahey
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
NEWS
COMMENTARY
A previous synod of adultery
Roberto de Mattei, Rorate Caeli
Friday, August 28, 2015
“The Synod of Adultery” an assembly of Bishops in the 9th century, made history when they wanted to approve second marriage after the repudiation of a legitimate wife. St. Theodore the Studite (759-826) opposed it the most vigorously and for this was persecuted, imprisoned, and exiled three times.