But entirely different from surliness is that dignity which canbe reserved without being distant or hard of approach, and thatseriousness which can be grave or silent without being ungracious. A grave penance may be lightened by joining it with some dutyalready owed (e. Sacredness as Aggravating Circumstance of Sin. injustice, and as a rule there are not sufficient reasonsof public or private good for permitting his sin (see 103 sqq.
, avoidance of serious disgrace, as when one who isat the altar rail remembers only then that he is not fast Hence, the Scriptures admonish us to honor all (I Peter, ii. Butin the New Law the ceremonial precepts of Judaism no longer have force,and the Christian precepts substituted for them were not instituted byChrist Himself but arose from the custom of the Church. --(a) Impurity is a mortal sin,because it is a disorder that affects a good of the highest importance(viz, the propa
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