Правило 52 Василия Великого
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She who neglected what was born on the way, even if she neglected it while having the opportunity to save it, or thinking thereby to hide her sin, or following a completely bestial and inhuman thought, let her be tried for murder. If she could not comply, and what was born died from the emptiness of the place and from the lack of what was needed, then the mother is worthy of leniency.
With this rule, Basil the Great explains in more detail his injunction contained in rule 33, and confirms that a mother who deliberately allows the child she accidentally gave birth to on the road to die should be punished as a murderer. In relation to such a mother, he allows leniency only if she could in no way save the child’s life, but meanwhile it can be proven that she tried to save his life.
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