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Council of Ancyra (314)

Local councils, NPNF II.14

Chapter 20

If the wife of anyone has committed adultery or if any man commit adultery it seems fit that he shall be restored to full communion after seven years passed in the prescribed degrees [of penance].

Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XX

An adulteress and an adulterer are to be cut off for seven years.