f worshipping the idol, it might occasion another man's spiritual downfall. Hence the Apostle says ( 1 Thess. 5:22 ): "From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves." Scandal is therefore fittingly described as something done "less rightly," so as to comprise both whatever is si…

ware of anything having an appearance of simony or avarice, according to the saying of the Apostle ( 1 Thess. 5:22 ), "From all appearance of evil restrain yourselves." Reply to Objection 5: It would be simoniacal to buy off the opposition of one's rivals, before acquiring the ri…

o the virtuous man to avoid not only vice, but also whatever has the semblance of vice, according to 1 Thess. 5:22, "From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves." The Philosopher, too, says (Ethic. iv, 9) that the virtuous man should avoid "not only what is really evil, but al…