Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

But I say unto you, That every one who hath looked upon a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."[152]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

prius exclamavit ante conjunctam Domini in Novo Testamento vocem, quae dicit ex sua ipsius persona: "Audivistis legem praecipientem: Non moechaberis. Ego autem dico: Non concupisces."[115]

Tertullian On Repentance

as well (as other sins); while He defines not only the man who had actually invaded another's wedlock to be an adulterer, but likewise him who had contaminated (a woman) by the concupiscence of his gaze?[20]

Tertullian On Modesty

-forsooth in those (points) which, being even now interdicted by the New Testament, are prohibited by an even more emphatic precept: instead of, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Whoever shall have seen with a view to concupiscence, hath already committed adultery in his own heart; "[62]

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