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to heaven for vengeance. They mark the height 

 of viciousness and are absolutely opposed to man's 

 rational nature. 



c) The third stage consists in that wilful mal- 

 ice and impenitence which is known as the sin 

 against the Holy Ghost. 



Readings. — St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, ia 2ae, qu. 72, 

 art. 1-7. — Th. Slater, S.J., A Manual of Moral Theology, Vol. 

 I, pp. 149 sqq. ; 418 sqq. — H. Noldin, S.J., Summa Thcol. Mor., 

 Vol. I, nth ed., pp. 320 sqq. — A. Tanquerey, Synopsis Thcol. 

 Mor. et Pastor., Vol. II, pp. 276 sqq., 282 sqq. — A. Lehmkuhl, 

 S.J., Theol. Mor., Vol. I, nth ed., pp. 199 sqq. 



gula et luxuria. Inter quae quin- Fructibus Carnis et Spiritus, c. 3-10 



que praecedentia sunt pcccata spiri- (Migne, P. L., CLXXVI, 999); St. 



tualia, duo vcro ultima sunt car- Thomas, Summa Theol., la 2ae, qu. 



nalia." (Opera, ed. 2a, Vicetia, p. 84, art. 4. 

 325).— Cfr. Hugh of St. Victor, De 



