sly forbidden by the Lord Himself on Mount Sinai. The Lord said, "You shall not bear false witness" (Exodus 20:15) and "A false witness will not go unpunished" (Proverbs 19:5) Anyone who has committed this sin must be purified through penance, as previously mentioned regarding pe…

ping of another. Therefore it seems that theft is not always a sin. On the contrary, It is written ( Ex. 20:15 ): "Thou shalt not steal." I answer that, If anyone consider what is meant by theft, he will find that it is sinful on two counts. First, because of its opposition to ju…

ino in monte Sinai prohibitum, dicente [Col. 0199D] eodem Domino, Non falsum testimonium dixeris (Exod. XX, 15) ; sive, Testis falsus non erit impunitus (Prov. XIX, 5) . Sciat se etiam, quisquis hoc perpetraverit, aut tali poenitentia purgandum, ut superius dictum est de per…