The proving force of the oath is that one who believes in God willnot be so wicked or rash as to call upon the All-Holy to defendiniquity and falsehood. 475, denounces thispractice as among the chief violations of the Tenth Commandment. ;sins of desire, 237 sqq. Such was thepride of Lucifer, but it is rare in human beings.
is harmed by reading it, or to filch moneyfrom a rich man because one is poor and he will not give an alms. But if the one who prays engages in these actsinadvertently (e. caseof delinquency, it must be a personal sin committed after Baptism,which is mortal, external, and consummated in act. raceful or eloquent or witty manner of the speaker, or thestrangeness of the things related, or he is only concerned to hear thelatest news, cfr.
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