--at least is necessary; otherwise, one would make oneselfdeserving of the Last End, without ever having desired it, for theother virtues do not tend to the Last End in itself. But, on the other hand, hope seeks God asits own good, and it need not be joined to disinterested love, in orderto be a true virtue. It is the first lesson you mustunlearn. --The causes of sin are partly internal (i.
onscience, which draws conclusionsfor individual cases, since Moral Theology is concerned with generalconclusions. Since rights and duties are correlative--there being a duty thatcorresponds to every right, and vice versa--and since both ar , by refusing pardon or the common signs ofcharity, by giving grave scandal, etc. ligation imposed, one's act is sufficient or insufficient forfulfillment according to the source from which the obligation arises.
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