Polygamy: Mala in Se or Mala Prohibita

Rob Vischer writes at the Mirror of Justice Blog: “The fact that this practice is now forbidden to Christian believers reflects the higher standards of holiness prevailing under the new dispensation. In terms of legal language, polygamy is a mala prohibita offense, something forbidden by law in some societies but not others, rather than something evil in itself, mala in se, which all reasonable people know to be wrong . . . “