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Canonical Letter to Letoius

St Gregory of Nyssa, NPNF II.14; summary

Chapter 8

He observes that by the law of Moses, sacrilege was punished as murder, and that the guilty person was stoned to death, and thinks the Fathers too gentle, in imposing a shorter penance on sacrilege than adultery.