QUESTION 115

OF FLATTERY

(In Two Articles)

We must now consider the vices opposed to the aforesaid virtue:

(1) Flattery, and (2) Quarreling. Concerning flattery there are two

points of inquiry:

(1) Whether flattery is a sin?

(2) Whether it is a mortal sin?

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