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--Obedience to a humansuperior is not lawful or not obligatory in those matters in which thesuperior has no authority to command. (b) It consists essentially in sorrow or affliction of spirit, forcontrition, being the chief act of repentance, l --Every lie is harmful from its nature,since it tends to deceive others and so to disturb the good order ofsociety. avarice isopposed, are less important than divine or human goods, it follows thatavarice is not so sinful as irreligion, homicide, theft, etc.

This mode of resistance is usually the proper one foran inferior, and as a rule is found more satisfactory even betweenequals (see 1267). To the Sacred Orders, on account of their closer approachto the Eucharist, are annexed the duties of celibacy and of the DivineOffice. But, on the other hand, it may often be advisable to require suchchildren to apologize for their rudeness, in order to cure them of it. ; commonsigns of charity, 1154; refusal of greeting a lack of charity, 1157;general order of charity, 1158; character of love of God, 1160 sqq.