; continence, 2544; incontinence, 2544 c; sinfulindulgence, 2550; complements of the virtue of temperance, 2571 a;commandments of temperance, 2572 a. (c) It is used in a command or a request, and thus it differs fromprayer, which cannot be made in the form of a command. These are often its result but they are a different degree of sin, andlewdness is committed even without them (see 2486). --A sufficient reason makes it permissible to substituteanother office not notably different in quantity or quality, as whenone lacks a new office, or has greater devotion for another office.
In their wills, after satisfyingjust debts and expenses, parents should leave their offspring who needit enough to maintain their state in life. Whena temptation is unusually vehement or is due to one's own fault, thereshould be proportionately greater resist But sacrilege ispresent only when a sacred thing is attacked in that special quality orrelation in which it is sacred. (b) The Obligation by Reason of Special Offices or Duties.
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