Where the Divinity is insulted the case is unpardonable.

Explanation

An offense against the Divine Majesty admits of no pardon through accident or mistake — where sacred things are violated, no plea of inadvertence will serve as defense.

Where this applies

• A man deliberately desecrates a church altar during a service — the common law treats the offense as unpardonable because it is a direct insult to the Divine.
• A publisher prints blasphemous material mocking sacred scripture — the law regards the case as beyond pardon because the Divinity itself was the target.
• A person enters a cathedral and willfully destroys religious relics — the offense against the Divine admits no excuse of accident or ignorance.