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Obedience, definition of virtue, 2355; power of jurisdiction anddominative power, 2356; degrees of obed --(a) By Excess. Cases in Which a Transaction Is Not Simoniacal, but IsSinful. , one whovows a perpetual fast is understood to promise a fast on days otherthan Sundays and holydays, for the c

--(a) In his intellect, the proud man has anexaggerated opinion of his own worth, and this causes his inordinatedesire of praise and exaltation. Hence, immodest words, reading, looks andtouches belong to fornication, or adultery, or incest, or sodomy,according to their tendency (e. Its act is found sometimesjoined with other virtues (e. The gravest curse is that againstGod, which is the sin of blasphemy (see 887 sqq.