e promisee, or if thepromisor has been released, or if the promisee forfeits his claim byhis own perfidy towards the promisor (see 2256 sqq. Hence, certain kinds of witnesses andcertain kinds of testimony are unreliable. , the Eucharist and the other Sacraments),when it is naturally related to the Sacraments or sacred persons (e. Today capital punishment is generally inflicted in ahumane manner, but history records many cruel forms of execution, aswh
s, and forwhich they may use the form: In the name of Jesus Christ, unholyspirit, I command you to depart from this creature of God. (a) Some lies are told for a good purpose, as when one lies in order toplease (jocose lie) or to serve another (officious lie). Notealso that the virtue of obedience differs from the vow of obedience inthis, that the vow obliges to the external performance of a command,while the virtue includes also internal submission. Law, Eternal, The, basis of all laws, 293.
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