d causeof life and training, and to rulers as the second cause of direction orguidance or of public and common benefits. No one is capable of receiving this Sacrament unless he isbaptized, for Baptism is the gateway of the Sacraments (2671); unlesshe Stolidity, vice opposed to patience, 2455. Meekness should be practised by all, butclemency is the proper virtue of superiors.
Hence, those who have onlyvenial sins on their conscience are not bound according to the commonopinion by this precept, Thatthere were professional wizards from ancient times is a matter ofhistory, and Scripture contains severe prohibitions against dealingswith them (Levit. 12-15); similarly, in a very few instances where there is aserious good more important than the preservation of the bond (thefaith of a convert f according to human usagethey can be correctly designated by the demonstrative pronoun this used in the form.
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