it belongs to the perfect to direct all their actions according to the rule of reason, as stated in 1 Cor. 14:40 : "Let all things be done decently and according to order"; and they are careful to do this in those matters chiefly wherein not only would they do wrong, but would al…

sopher says (Ethic. viii, 13). But honesty seems to pertain rather to exterior conduct, according to 1 Cor. 14:40, "Let all things be done decently [honeste] and according to order" among you. Therefore honesty is not the same as virtue. Objection 4: Further, honesty apparently c…

agnitio non praecesserit [in corde]. Dicit itaque Apostolus: Omnia vestra honesta cum ordine fiant (I Cor. XIV, 40) . Et ipse Dominus in Evangelio discipulis suis praecipiens ait: Ite, docete omnes gentes, baptizantes eos in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti (Matth. XXVII…