ct Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and MichaelHart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. But the priest should firsttry to convert the dying person, if this is possible and the latter'sgood faith will not be disturbed; and he must also avoid giving scandal. But there may oftenbe a venial sin for other reasons, as when the omission is due to aspirit of lukewarmness, o , an attack made without publicauthority); (b) the resistance must be true self-defense (i.
Butthere are other sins if it is committed by one under special obligation(i. --(a) The extreme of defect iscruelty, which is a hardness of heart, not moved by the sufferings ofothers, that disposes one to inflict excessive punishments. On the permission of polygamy in the later Old Testamentages, see 303, 311. is not necessary for these persons, and, onthe other hand, there is great danger of irreverence if it be giventhem.
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