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Her husband is not to approach her, till the infant born is weaned
Observation: Pope Gregory is saying that a woman's husband may not approach her until after the child has been born Interpretation: During this time woman were seen as impure while they were menstruating and while they were with child. Context and Change over time: I connect it to connect because people would need to know how men and the church saw women while they were in "that time of the month", they were seen as "dirty", with this context they would clearly see why they would need to stay away. As for change over time we currently we are used to having husbands be there with their wives throughout their pregnancy and for the most part most religions allow them to be together during that time.
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Therefore some should be fined, others whipped; some should be punished with more severity, and some more mildly. And when the severity is more, it is to proceed from charity, not from passion; because this is done to him who is corrected, that he may not be delivered up to hellfire. For it behooves us to maintain discipline among the faithful, as good parents do with their carnal children, whom they punish with stripes for their faults,
Observation: Pope Gregory informs Augustine that they are to punish those who steal from the church Interpretation: They are to punish the person because they should behave like the parents that wish to teach them right from wrong in order to make them better people. Causality: If they steal from the church then they will get punsihed.
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