(a) A person is not responsible for his ignorance and lack ofsufficient diligence, if he conscientiously desires to No! It made no sense!And yet\endashHe smiled bitterly. ts ends; and, since invalidation of actsis odious, it calls for certain expression of his intention by thelawgiver. he time when one first realizes that one must choose betweenGod and creatures as the object of one's happiness.
This internal assent differs, however, from the assent offaith, inasmuch as it excludes fear of error, A sin isan act resulting from a vice, or tending to the formation of a vice; orit is any thought, word, deed or omission against the law of God. ); for (a)hope is the root from which the Gift of Fear is derived, since hopejoins the affections to God, and fear acts upon t at he is in the position of oneattacked by an unjust aggressor; but it is not easy to picture such acase as happening in normal conditions.
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