Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On The Cardinal Virtues
Q112 Of Boasting
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We must now consider boasting and irony, which are parts of lying according to the Philosopher (Ethic. iv, 7). Under the first head, namely, boasting, there are two points of inquiry:

A1 To which virtue is it opposed?

A2 Whether it is a mortal sin?

 
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