--Abstemiousness is a virtue that moderatesaccording to reason the desire and enjoyment of the pleasures of thetable. Gossip, sinfulness of, 2038. (a) Its object is the desire of knowledge; for man is gifted withpowers of sensation and understanding, and n (b) The manner of fulfilling the obligation, since not defined bynatural law, has to be determined by positive laws, or, in the absenceof these, by suitability to the circumstances in which one lives.
m are not rigorously acts of injustice and requiremore than the ordinary grave matter for serious sin (see 1902). Hence, in this view mortal sin is incurred by notable defectin external, but not in internal attention. Scrupulous persons should not attempt to correct, sincethey are not suited for this. , John, xx.
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