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mental reservation
mental reservation. The conflict which may arise between the duty of telling the truth and that of keeping a secret has led to the development of the doctrine of mental reservation. RC moral theologians distinguish between ‘strict’ and ‘wide’ mental reservation. In the former a qualification is added mentally which alters the statement pronounced, so that the hearer is necessarily deceived; it has been thought that it was this form that was condemned by Innocent XI in 1679. In the ‘wide mental reservation’ words are used which are susceptible of more than one interpretation, without the speaker's giving an indication of the sense in which he uses them.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "mental reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "mental reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-mentalreservation.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "mental reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-mentalreservation.html |
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reservation, mental
reservation, mental. See MENTAL RESERVATION.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "reservation, mental." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "reservation, mental." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-reservationmental.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "reservation, mental." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-reservationmental.html |
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