But it is not sinful to defend honor and reputation, just as itis not sinful to defend life, limbs and property. Anunbaptized person of good will who has supernatural contrition orcharity is justified through Baptism of desire, but if he has onlysupernatural attrition the Sacrament itself is necessary for him. (a) As to venereal pleasures, then, the rule means that they should notbe used outside matrimony, nor in matrimony except for the procreationof children and the other lawful ends of marriage. --This impediment is of ecclesiastical law in so far as theprecise determination of age is concerned, but of natural law in so faras the use of reason is demanded.
injury shouldbe atoned for in some other way if the seducer does not care for thegirl or is not desirable himself (see 1803). (a) The object of gratitude is favors received, that is, some gooduseful and acceptable to the recipient and gratuitously bestowed. (See Merkelbach, _Summa Theologiae Moralis_ II,n. If the contract prior to the time wasvoidable, the company loses its right to contest its validity; if thecontract was void, it becomes convalidated.
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