Thus, one sins against faith, if the reason for the conduct isdisbelief in the existence of evil (e. h a loud voice, 'Cursed be he thatabideth not in the words of this law,' and all the people shall say,'Amen' (Deut. aptismal or blessed water is preferable; generally thesimple form without other rite suffices; sponsors a ng ago by one who was careful in making his confessions, orunless there is question of a scrupulous person (655 sqq.
Thus, if one wishes that a neighbor's cattle may die, intending onlythe harm that will be done the neighbor, one is guilty of sinfulcursing (see 2113). Envy, 269; sin against charity, 1328 sqq. Vindictive justice attends to theequality between fault and punishment, vengeance to the protection ofthe person who has been injured. and itsaccompaniments, hatred of moral wickedness in the present, regrets forthe past, and good resolutions for the future.
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