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ention of the interested parties or by the nature ofthings (as would be the case if the suppression of the pain , and from the vice called curiosity (which is anover-fondness for intellectual delights, see 2461). They offend against religion(since they make a mockery of the sacred signs appointed by Christ),against obed helisteners, or the malice that prompts the speaker, or the sadness thatis caused to the person gossiped about.

Temptation of God, see Religion, Sins against. --The interval of timethat breaks the connection between small thefts cannot be determinedwith mathematical exactness, but the --Since the species of sins must beparticularized in confessions, the question of the distinction betweendefamations has practical importance. Breach of promise is then, in case of a merely promisedsecret, an act of infidelity at least, and in case of an entrustedsecret an act of injustice.