--(a) As to kinds, there is common honor whichis shown to all and by all (e. al displays, musical instruments thatdistract the mind from religious thoughts, lascivious airs or thosesuggestive of the dance. A crime known only toone or two, or to a small circle of Christian-living persons, is notnotorious. If a thief does not know from whom he stole, it may bedoubtful whether the matter is relatively grave or only light; but thepresumption then will be that the loser was a person of average means.
A capital viceis one of the chief sources of evil attraction that produces othersins, and it is clear that immoderate love of riches is one of the mostprolific of sins. (a) Thus, on account of the greater physical evils of insobriety intheir regard, the virtue should be especially cultivated by the young,the old, women, and persons of sedentary life. Cum vero Nobis allatumsit, pravam huiusmodi consuetudinem pluribus in locis invalescere,opportunum ducimus nunc etiam, quae tunc monuimus, commemorare atqueiterum inculcare. , in the use of marriage by one simply professed).
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