LX. The woman who has professed virginity and
broken her promise will complete the time appointed in the case of
adultery in her
continence. cf.
Can. xviii. Augustine (De Bono Viduitatis, n. 14)
represents breaches of the vows of chastity as graver offenses than
breaches of the vows of wedlock. The rendering of
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τῆς καθ᾽
ἑαυτὴν
ζωῆς by continency is
illustrated in the Ben. note by Hermas ii. 4 as well as by Basil,
Canon xiv and xliv. The same rule
will be observed in the case of men who have professed a solitary life
and who lapse.