CCC 1756

Life in ChristSECTION ONE MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRITCHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSONII. Good Acts and Evil Acts
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It is therefore an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them or the circumstances (environment, social pressure, duress or emergency, etc.) which supply their context. There are acts which, in and of themselves, independently of circumstances and intentions, are always gravely illicit by reason of their object; such as blasphemy and perjury, murder and adultery. One may not do evil so that good may result from it.
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