--It is mortally or venially sinful to benegligent against temptation, according to the greatness or smallnessof the danger to which the negligence exposes one (see 256-262). --Inorder to be valid, a Catholic's marriage must be celebrated in thepresence of the parish-priest or Ordinary, or of a priest delegated byeither, and of at least two witnesses. --Two abuses to which confession is especiallyexposed are defamation and impurity, and hence the law of the Churchprovides special safeguards against these dangers (see 2753, 2757,2759). (a) The detractor is excused from the duty of restoring reputation,since the person he defamed has now independently of the firstdefamation lost his right to reputation (see 2053 sqq.
to the legitimate province ofthe historian; for otherwise there would be an end to the rights of thedead over their fame. But it is possible that the same individualwho enjoys a good name in one place or time, has a bad name in anotherplace or time. nglyand permissively, 36; omissions, 37-39; obstacles which destroy orlessen voluntariness, 40 sqq. The Sinfulness of Theft.
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