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(a) Inabnormal circumstances only, as when the general power of reasoning hasbeen weakened or lost, can the Natural Law be forgotten. d to the teachers of this systemfrom the days of Bartholomew Medina, its first expounder (1527-1581),down to the present. l, while theact of the person who takes occasion from the active scandal to incurspiritual ruin, is called passive scandal. Some of thesesystems deny the fact of revelation (e.

Exceptions to the above are the following cases, in which thegood of the better person should be preferred:(a) if the common good requires such a preference. Thus, God does not hate the detractor himself, nor shouldchildren ever hate the person of a parent, or the natural relationshiphe holds to themselves, no matter how bad the parent may be. One Man and the MuleThere was no sign in any of Channis' actions t a longing for heaven, one deliberatelydesires to be taken from this world, if this be pleasing to God.