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2477 Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause them unjust injury. ²⁷⁸ He becomes guilty: - of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor; - of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another's faults and failings to persons who did not know them; ²⁷⁹ - of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.

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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

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SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Jesus said to his disciples: "Love one another even as I have loved you." 1

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ARTICLE 8: THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 253

Notes for the above paragraph:

278 Cf. CIC, can. 220.

279 Cf. Sir 21:28.

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