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Cooperation in Religious Activities, 976 sqq. If the questionerhas no right to demand an oath and the deponent has no right to usemental reservation (e. --Those who are notmasters of their own acts are unable to vow on account of theirsubjection to or dependence on the will of another. for services already due, since his salary comes from thecommunity and obliges him to administer justice without charge to thosewho seek it.

But if one curses aneighbor in a general way, without mentioning any particular evil, onesins by hatred. makerestitution, for the omission is contrary to the virtue of observanceor reverence but not to commutative justice. Hence,there can be injury to reputation that is not contumelious (e. ), but in the sense that the inordinate desireof personal excellence is a motive that can impel one to any kind ofsin, just as covetousness offers a means that is useful for everytemporal end (I Tim.