--(a) Thegood work can be a better work than the old one, that is, a work which,if not more difficult, is more pleasing to God and more spirituallyadvantageous to the vower. l expression of devotion and benevolence(see 2185, 1211), while miserliness is a sign of coldness towards Godand man. 10); and hence St. Vows that Promise Something Displeasing to God.
10, 1258b 2-8; St. Cases in Which a Transaction Is Not Simoniacal, but Lawful. --(a) If theattack is equivalent to an attack on life, or seems to be an attack onlife, self-defense even by killing is lawful, and hence it may bepermissible to kill one who is attempting rape. The oath is not merely an address made toothers or a declaration that a fact is known to God (e.
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