2537. It is not a violation of this commandment to desire to obtain things that belong to one’s neighbor, provided this is done by just means. Traditional catechesis realistically mentions “those who have a harder struggle against their criminal desires” and so who “must be urged the more to keep this commandment”:
. . . merchants who desire scarcity and rising prices, who cannot bear not to be the only ones buying and selling so that they themselves can sell more dearly and buy more cheaply; those who hope that their peers will be impoverished, in order to realize a profit either by selling to them or buying from them . . . physicians who wish disease to spread; lawyers who are eager for many important cases and trials.321
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284. Does the breaking of the bread divide Christ?
29. Why is there no contradiction between faith and science?
533. What is the greatest human desire?
550. What are the essential forms of Christian prayer?
416. In what does the natural moral law consist?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does the Bible teach us about asserting personal identity within a loving relationship?
What does Daniel’s dream about the four wild beasts in Daniel 7 mean?
How is God’s justice manifested in the midst of suffering, according to Job 34:10-12?
What can we learn about divine wrath and protection of the righteous from the book of Nahum?
What does Baruch 6:2-5 teach us about the danger of trusting ourselves instead of trusting God?
What does Hosea 7:14-16 reveal about God’s judgment against hypocrisy?
What is the role of faith in the midst of suffering, according to Job 13:15-16?
