Tosafeguard morals, the law of the Church gravely obliges a confessor torequire his penitent _sub gravi_ to denounce another confessorcertainly gu Is this use of a secret lawful?(a) If there was a promise not to use the secret, such use is unlawful(see 2414). The vows reserved to the Pope or his delegate are almost allpublic vows and the two private vows of perfect and perpetual chastityand of entrance into a Religious Order of solemn vows. --The guilt of idolatrymay be incurred even by Christians offering worship to God.
l the advantage from the contract of depositand cannot demand more than ordinary diligence of the depositary inguarding the goods left with him. Thus, if a man were to buy a one-eyed horse, because hehad not examined the horse, he should blame his own negligence, not thesilence of the seller, for his bad bargain. It should be noted, however, that the evilcircumstance does not always deprive the act of vowing of substantialgoodness (see 78). It is this hypocrisy that is so scathinglydenounced in Scripture.
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