Unlawful Attack on Another's False Reputation. See also Witness. (b) The defamer destroys his own good name, at least in the sight ofGod, for he defiles his own soul with guilt; he disgrac --A vow, as being a duty of religion(see 2146, 2148), obliges under grave sin.
Hence, in so far as the disrespect to God is concerned, there seems noessential difference between the sin of violating and that of strikinga consecrated virgin. Some moralists consider a needless delaygravely sinful if it exceeds three or four days; others, if it exceedsten or eleven days. As steward, man has duties toward his body, its health and welfare,according to the norms of reason and the divine law, so that it may bea means of his attaining life with God. Counsel, Gift of the Holy Ghost, 160 a.
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