--(a) Ante factum, rarissime consulendaest occulta compensatio, tum quia ut plurimum illicita est (1928)utpote periculo inju 48), but also for good,as we see from the examples of the kiss of peace (I Thess. Hence, men who raidbakery shops in times of food shortage, are bound to make restitutionto the bakers when able. But ordinarily one should not commute one's own vows, since formost persons it is not an easy matter to decide what is a better or anequal good.
(c) The simoniacal exchange is made, whether a temporal annexed to aspiritual is given for another temporal annexed to a spiritual (e. 33), which are more important; neither may we ask for anydeterminate temporal thing unconditionally, since we are uncertainwhether it will prove beneficial or harmful. Revelation is useless whenthe marriage can be stopped or made legal in some other way (e. Feigning of Defects, form of lying, 2406 b.
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