Lawrence West asks for a “biblical justification” for not admitting the remarried to communion (Letters, 10 October). In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus follows the Ten Commandments, sandwiching adultery between murder and stealing (15:19). He twice teaches that remarriage after divorce is a form of adultery (Matthew 5:32 and 19:9). And Saint Paul warns against approaching the Eucharist unworthily (1 Corinthians 11:27).When our “sanctimonious, censorious hierarchy” insist t