Vulgar words in Explanation of Catholic Morals - A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals (Page 1)

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One may solemnly promise God in certain contingencies that he will damn another to hell; or he may call upon God to witness his execrations.

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The guilt incurred by those who thus curse and damn, leaving aside the scandal which is thereby nearly always given, is naturally measured by the degree of advertence possessed by such persons.

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To damn is the office of the damned.

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It is therefore fitting that those who cease not to damn while on earth be condemned to damn eternally and be damned in the next life.

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If a fellow could quote classical "Mehercule," and Shakespearean cuss-words, he would not perhaps be so vulgar as to say "hell."

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It is useless therefore to argue the matter and enter a plea of triviality and inconsequence; nothing is trivial that is of a nature to offend God and damn a soul.

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When the intelligence becomes powerless to command and to say what and when and how the affections shall disport themselves, then man becomes a slave to his heart and is led like an ass by the nose hither and thither; and when nature thus runs unrestrained and wild, it makes for the mudholes of lust wherein to wallow and besot itself.

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Better to leave your father's house, better to give up your very life, than to damn your soul for all eternity.

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