Chapter — Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905)
On the Eighth Precept of the Decalogue
1486, 1487.
On the Unlawfulness of Detraction and Calumny
“44. Why should it not be only venial to overthrow, by a false accusation, the great authority of a detractor when it is harmful to oneself? — 45. It is probable that one does not sin mortally who imputes a false crime to someone in order to defend one’s own justice and honor. And if this is not probable, scarcely any opinion in theology will be probable.” Propositions condemned by Innocent XI.
1516.
On the Unlawfulness of Reviling
“5. One who reviles someone praises God by the very sin of reviling; and the more he reviles and the more gravely he sins, the more he praises God.” Proposition of Eckhart condemned by John XXII.