(c) It is modest; that is, it regulates according to the standard ofreason the passion for greatness, so that one may avoid the extremes ofpride and of abjectness or littleness of soul (see 2465 c). nciple that each individual hasthe power to give the sacredness in question to his own person, acts orpossessions. Winningsthrough cheating must be refunded. Examples are found in persons who fear to make a journey onFriday or to begin any important affair during the dark of the moon.
(a) It is a virtue, that is, a moral excellence and a voluntarydisposition. Exception must be made, however, for publicvows taken in religious institutes and for the vow of chastity andcelibacy taken in the ), to pray without ceasing (I Thess. See also Cooperation in Sin.
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