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(a) The effect of Baptism is regeneration, for it cleanses from sin andpenalty, and makes him who was a child of wrath to be a child of Godand a co-heir of Christ. , if a novicebound to remain in the cloister vowed to go on a pilgrimage), the vowis null, since it is better to keep the rule. , a person reads an eroticbook, and curiosity is his only motive), sin is committed, and itsgravity depends on the amount of danger to which one exposes oneself(see 2496 c). But a more important question is this: is moralvirginity, or the virtue of virginity, also irrecoverable?(a) If the virtue has been lost as to its chief material element, itcannot be recovered.

(b) The method of procedure is intended to secure a fair hearing forboth parties and so to expedite business that the litigants will not beharmed by needless delays. 2, 3); the virtue strengthensthe soul, but the Gift supports even the weakness of the flesh, for theSpirit helpeth our infirmity (Rom. 1405, Sec. ; venial, definition, 180;conditions, 181 sqq.