Duties of the Pastor After the Inquiry about Impediments. sing to God, 2203;vows that promise something indifferent, 2205; meaning of better goodin vow, 2206; vows invalidated by promise of lesser good, 2207; whenone has taken two opposite vows, 2208; obligation of vow, 2209; gravityof obligation, 2210; rules for determini , theOffertory, the breaking of the host, the purification of the chalice). Ambition, as incentive to envy, 1330; vice against greatness of soul,2450 b.
Continence or abstinence is counselled by the Church should conditionsmake the conception of children inadvisable. Examples of total abstinence are the Nazarites (Num. Just as it is more senseless to taketoo much salt or other relish in food than to take too little, becausethe salt is secondary, so it is more foolish to play too much than toolittle. --Ifthe uncertainty is about the fact or gravity of the sin, there is noobligation to confess the sin, even though its commission or itsgravity be probable; for the obligation cannot be proved.
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