Adultery

====Christianity====
[[File:Nathan and David.jpg|thumb|'Thou shalt not commit adultery' (Nathan confronts David); bronze bas-relief on the door of the [[La Madeleine, Paris]], [[Paris]].]]

Adultery is considered immoral by Christians  and a [[sin]], based primarily on passages like {{bibleverse|Exodus|20:14|NIV}} and {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|6:9–10|NIV}}. Although {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|6:11|NIV}} does say that "and that is what some of you were. But you were washed", it still acknowledges adultery to be immoral and a sin.

[[Catholicism]] ties [[fornication]] with breaking the [[Ten Commandments|sixth commandment]] in its [[Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church - The sixth commandment |publisher=Vatican.va |date=29 October 1951 |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-date=10 September 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020910104753/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Until a few decades ago,{{when|date=December 2018}} adultery was a criminal offense in many countries where the dominant religion is Christianity, especially in [[Roman Catholic]] countries (for example, in [[Austria]] it was a criminal offense until 1997<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/debatte-ueber-untreue-gesetz-noch-1997-drohte-oesterreichs-ehebrechern-gefaengnis-a-317486.html|title = Debatte über Untreue-Gesetz: Noch 1997 drohte Österreichs Ehebrechern Gefängnis|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = 10 September 2004|last1 = Reimann|first1 = Anna|last2 = Freudenreich|first2 = Daniel}}</ref>). Adultery was decriminalized in [[Chile]] in 1994,<ref>''Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe'', edited by Jane S. Jaquette, Sharon L. Wolchik, p. 62.</ref> [[Argentina]] in 1995,<ref name="impowr.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-adultery-argentina |title=Current Legal Framework: Adultery in Argentina |publisher=impowr.org |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307232411/http://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-adultery-argentina |archive-date=7 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Brazil]] in 2005<ref name="iwraw-ap.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.iwraw-ap.org/resources/pdf/BRAZIL_SHADOWREPORT_CEDAW_June,18%5B1%5D.pdf |title=BRAZIL AND COMPLIANCE WITH CEDAW |date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225023/http://www.iwraw-ap.org/resources/pdf/BRAZIL_SHADOWREPORT_CEDAW_June%2C18%5B1%5D.pdf |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Mexico]] in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/754179.html|title=El Universal - - Adulterio ya no ser delito|date=18 June 2013|work=eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-date=21 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021095654/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/754179.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://info4.juridicas.unam.mx/ijure/fed/8/344.htm?s%3D |title=Artículo 276 bis - CODIGO PENAL FEDERAL |access-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203221933/http://info4.juridicas.unam.mx/ijure/fed/8/344.htm?s= |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref> but in some predominantly Catholic countries, such as the Philippines, it remains illegal.

The [[Book of Mormon]] also prohibits adultery. For instance, Abinadi cites the [[Ten Commandments]] when he accuses [[King Noah]]'s priests of sexual immorality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/13.22?lang=eng|title=Mosiah 13:22|work=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221152916/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/13.22?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref> When [[Jesus Christ]] visits the Americas he reinforces the law and teaches them the higher law (also found in the [[New Testament]]):

:''Behold, it is written by them of old time, that thou shalt not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust after her, hath committed adultery already in his heart.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/12.27?lang=eng|title=3 Nephi 12:27|work=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224124113/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/12.27?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some churches such as [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] have interpreted "adultery" to include [[Law of chastity#Includes broader transgressions|all sexual relationships outside of marriage]], regardless of the marital status of the participants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/adultery |title=Guide to the Scriptures: Adultery |publisher=churchofjesuschrist.org |access-date=2 May 2014 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920201909/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/adultery?lang=eng |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Book of Mormon]] [[List of Book of Mormon prophets|prophets]] and civil leaders often list adultery as an illegal activity along with murder, robbing, and stealing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/30.10?lang=eng|title=Alma 30:10|work=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221120011/https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/30.10?lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>