What is that act called which consists in taking the property of another against his will?
It is called theft or robbery (LXVI. 3, 4).
What is theft?
Theft is to appropriate the property of another secretly (LXVI. 3).
And what is robbery?
Robbery is the appropriation of another's property by violence (LXVI. 4).
Which is the graver of these two sins?
Robbery is more grave than theft; but theft, in itself, is always a mortal sin unless the thing taken is of small consequence (LXVI. 9).
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