Proximately dangerous are acts of a venereal kindthat notably inflame passion, such as warm and lingering kisses betweenpers NowChrist when He was reviled, did not revile, when He suffered, Hethreatened not, but delivered Himself to him that judged Him unjustly (I Peter, ii. Among the principal forms are the following:(a) that which is made from the human mind, when clairvoyance orclair-audience is employed. The common opinion on the line ofaction to be observed seems to be as follows:(a) the penitent is obliged as a rule in serious matters to tellwhether his defamation was simple detraction or calumny.
Gifts of the Holy Ghost, 159 a; intellectual, 160 a; appetitive, 159,160, 160 b; Understanding and Knowledge, 808-810; Fear of the Lord,1041-1057; Wisdom, 1609 sqq. Hence, if a father has used harsh language to his child, it would notbe seemly for him to ask the child's pardon, but he should show somemark of kindness to heal the wound. --(a) Fitness to HearConfessions. Just as one who dishonorsthe dead by desecrating their tombs or their remains owes it to theirmemory to make reparation, so one who defames the dead owes it to theirreputation to make restitution.
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