Conjugial Love (Rogers) n. 467

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467. (5) Taking a mistress in separation from the wife, when done for legitimate, just and truly weighty reasons, is not forbidden. What we mean by legitimate reasons, by just reasons, and by truly weighty reasons will be explained in turn. We introduce simply a preliminary mention of these reasons here that taking a mistress in such a circumstance, which we consider now in the following discussions, may be distinguished from the prior kind.


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