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Since charity to self is more obligatory than charityto the neighbor, suicide is a more serious sin than other forms ofhomicide. Thus, a guardian entrusted withthe care of his ward's reputation is unjust if he makes no effort toprevent defamation of the latter. 16-18), and some thinkthat the same can be said of the Witch of Endor (I Kings, xxvii. But in accidental respectstemperance has a superiority; for it is more tender and graceful thanfortitude,

Promises made to living persons even under solemncircumstances (e. 2: THE DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF DOMESTIC AND CIVIL SOCIETY2613. r the sacredness of the place (see also Instruction onSacred Art [Holy Office, 30 June, 1952], AAS 44-542). Absolutio Complicis.