Wedo not agree, then, with the opinion that omission of morning andevening prayers, especially when it is habitual, is never sufficientmatter for absolution. Neither is themean for an individual so rigidly fixed as not to permit some latitudewithin certain limits. --(a) According to Canon Law allbeneficed clergy (Cardinals excepted) must give all the superfluousfruits of their benefice to charitable or pious causes (Canon 1473). prejudice,however, to their right to say Mass once or twice when they presentthemselves in clerical garb and sign the visiting priest's book.
(c) The reason for permitting the evil must be sufficiently weighty. Thus, he who steals from the Church is guilty ofsacrilegious theft; he who uses the public goods for his private endscommits peculation; he who takes from his parents practises domesticthievery. (d) The first tribute paid by reverence is honor, which is a testimonygiven to worth, and is offered to the dignity or rank of the superior. Since every person who buys intends to get something useful,there is no consent and the contract is invalid, if one is givensomething harmful (e.
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