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hief earthlygoods that may be surrendered, and the three kinds of temptation thatcome from those goods. --Laxism (680-681). Inits worst state, when there is little hope of cure, a lax conscience issaid to be seared or cauterized (I Tim. But is it lawful to put off correction in the hope that the sinner,through experience of the evil effects of sin, may become mor

Other things being equal, those sins are worse that offend againsta more noble object or a more noble virtue. (b) The word scandal is also used to signifymoral injuries distinct from inducement to sin. Similarly, though theft injures a grave right, it is not grave matterwhen the amount stolen is small. The Sin of Envy.