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Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. II, Article II. On Conscience Improperly So Called

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As was already said (n. 214), conscience improperly so called is understood as a certain habitual state of judging in this or that way about the morality of actions. A threefold conscience is distinguished: strict, lax, and scrupulous.