(b) Formal completeness consists in the declaration of all the mortalsins which here and now, all things considered, one can and shouldmention. chinery or property, to waste food or provisions, to act as ahousehold spy or informer, to try to extort what is not due. ; and if it is knownthat a person has these vices, he is not harmed much by mention of aparticular instance or by the additional report that he has beenarrested for cheating and disorderly conduct. To treat others in a friendly manner andto make oneself agreeable in company is suitable, not chiefly becauseof any benefits
Hence, the law of the Churchexcludes from her services all that is of a disturbing, profane orsinful character, such as theatric (a) It is a moral virtue, that is, one concerned immediately with thedirection of human acts. and, on the other hand, those who make asacrilegious or voluntarily null confession do not fulfill the law(Denzinger, n. Confirmation, Sacrament of, 2694; remote and proximate matter, 2694 a;form, 2694 b; minister of Confirmation, 2695; recipient ofConfirmation
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