Oops! I forgot the Seventh. It will be posted tomorrow.
The Eighth Commandment
A. The Eighth Commandment, Thou shalt not bear false witness, forbids false testimony in a court of justice, and it also forbids backbiting, detraction, calumny, adulation, rash judgement and rash suspicion and every sort of lying.
2 Q. What is detraction or backbiting?
A. Detraction or backbiting is a sin which consists in making known another’s sins and defects without sufficient reason.
3 Q. What is calumny? A. Calumny is a sin which consists in maliciously attributing to another faults and defects which he did not possess.
4 Q. What is adulation?
A. Adulation is a sin which consists in deceiving another by falsely praising him or others for the purpose of profiting thereby.
5 Q. What is rash judgement or rash suspicion?
A. Rash judgement or rash suspicion is a sin which consists in judging or suspecting evil of others without sufficient foundation.
6 Q. What is a lie?
A. A lie is a sin which consists in asserting as true or false by word or act that which one does not believe to be really the case.
7 Q. How many kinds of lies are there?
A. There are three kinds: The jocose lie, the officious lie, and the malicious lie.
8 Q. What is a jocose lie?
A. A jocose lie is that which is told in jest and without injury to anyone.
9 Q. What is an officious lie?
A. An officious lie is a false statement to benefit oneself or another without injuring anyone else.
10 Q. What is a malicious lie?
A. A malicious lie is a false statement made to the injury of another.
11 Q. Is it ever lawful to tell a lie?
A. It is never lawful to tell a lie, neither in joke, nor for one’s own benefit, nor for the benefit of another, because a lie is always bad in itself.
12 Q. What kind of sin is a lie?
A. A lie when jocose or officious is a venial sin; but when malicious it is a mortal sin if the harm done is grave.
13 Q. Is it always necessary to say all one’s mind?
A. It is not always necessary, especially when he who questions you has no right to know what he demands.
14 Q. Is it enough for him who has sinned against the Eighth Commandment to confess the sin?
A. It is not enough for him who has sinned against the Eighth Commandment to confess the sin; he is also obliged to retract whatever he said when calumniating another, and to repair as far as he can the harm he has done.
15 Q. What does the Eighth Commandment command us to do?
A. The Eighth Commandment commands us to speak the truth at the proper time and place, and, as far as we can, to put a good interpretation upon the actions of our neighbour.
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