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Men swear in order to make their promises moretrustworthy through the sacredness of the oath. se forbidden books, from whomsoeverit be obtained, in no way exempts from this prohibition of thenatural law (C. In theOld Law the Levites themselves were obliged to pay tithes to thehigh-priest (Num, xviii. --(a) Hypocrisy in its strictest sense isthe simulation of one who wishes to seem but not to be virtuous.

from the amounts alone that he who stole $50 is certainly guiltyof mortal sin and fit for hell, while he who stole $49. on 883), a privilege extended recently also to those who are makingair journeys, or who are outside their domicile (Canon 881), etc. Hence, an impure desire is not the samething as a statement of fact, as when a passionate person declares thath In this and the remaining Articles, therefore,it will suffice to apply without explaining anew the rules alreadygiven and to add the special details proper to each Sacrament.