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title: "Summa Theologica, First Half"
author: "Thomas Aquinas"
translator: "Fathers of the English Dominican Province"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Medieval"
section: 1076 of 1210
url: https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/1076/
cite: "Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, First Half, section 1076. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/thomas-aquinas-summa-theologica-first-half/1076/"
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# Summa Theologica, First Half

*Thomas Aquinas, tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province*

God and creation, human action, law and grace, then faith, hope, charity and justice.

## 1076. II–II · Question 76: Of Cursing (four Articles)

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[¶0] OF CURSING (FOUR ARTICLES)

[¶1] We must now consider cursing. Under this head there are four points of inquiry:

[¶2] (1) Whether one may lawfully curse another?

[¶3] (2) Whether one may lawfully curse an irrational creature?

[¶4] (3) Whether cursing is a mortal sin?

[¶5] (4) Of its comparison with other sins.