QUESTION 98

OF PERJURY

(In Four Articles)

We must now consider perjury: under which head there are four points

of inquiry:

(1) Whether falsehood is necessary for perjury?

(2) Whether perjury is always a sin?

(3) Whether it is always a mortal sin?

(4) Whether it is a sin to enjoin an oath on a perjurer?

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