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As regards the colloquies of theologians above mentioned, the samefaculty for the same length of time is granted to th , if onehas to delay entrance into religion until one has better health or hasclosed up a business). This supposes, of course, that the revelation is notrequired in order to prevent a great harm to the commonwealth or a fargreater harm to a private person than that which threatens the witness. Defamation often destroys in the listener allfaith in humanity, or all belief in religion.

, death) to himself, heis not bound by it, unless charity (see 1165, 1236) or justice callsfor the contrary. See alsoSin. The Morality of Vengeance. (b) Imperfectidolatry is worse than perfect idolatry, if both be consideredprecisely as idolatry, since the former proceeds from malice, and thelatter from greater or less ignorance.