SCRIPTURA

Thomas Aquinas · Summa Theologica, First Half · 1076 of 1210

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

Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province

OF CURSING (FOUR ARTICLES)

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

(1) Whether one may lawfully curse another?

(2) Whether one may lawfully curse an irrational creature?

(3) Whether cursing is a mortal sin?

(4) Of its comparison with other sins.