(c) If a debt owed to one is denied by the debtor, it is not lawful totake payment from him by force, since this is against t (a) It is a moral virtue, one pertaining to justice, and hence itdiffers from the special duty of charity owed to parents and country(see 1158, 1171 sqq. Somemoralists, however, dissent from this view, and hold that the harm doneis small. Examples arethe Forty Hours' Devotion, novenas, consecrated days and months, theuse of scapulars, medals, etc.
stomachand cannot discover how they got there), the buyer is entitled toacquisition; but if it has an owner who can be discovered (e. (b) Nor should a confessor be easy in recommending commutations ofprivate vows, lest those who have taken them be encouraged to makecontinual changes. --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). If this cure would be worse than the sickness bystrengthening the belief of the listeners that the defamation was true,the defamer should be silent about his former statements.
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