Chapter 11 (160): Concerning Him Who Swears With Verbal Artfulness.—Isidore, In
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he is guilty by reason of his failure to keep it, but because he swore something unjust, and so he is as guilty as one who perjures himself.
Chapter 11 (160)
CONCERNING HIM WHO SWEARS WITH VERBAL ARTFULNESS.—ISIDORE, IN
BOOK 2 OF THE SENTENCES. It is also to be known that, "by whatever artfulness of words one may swear, God, who is the witness of conscience, takes the oath the way it is understood by the one to whom it is made.
And the swearer is doubly guilty because he takes God's name in vain, and he entangles his neighbour in fraud."!
Chapter 12 (161) 1. CONCERNING HIM WHO COMPELS ANOTHER TO SWEAR. It is also asked whether he sins, who compels another to swear.—AUGUSTINE, IN SOME
SERMON. Concerning this, Augustine says: "If one exacts an oath, it is of great relevance whether he does or does not know that the swearer will swear a falsehood. For if he does not know, and so says 'swear to me' in order to establish faith, it is not a sin; yet it is human temptation.' But if he knows about the falsehood, and compels him to swear, then he is a murderer."'—The same: "Whoever calls another to swear an oath and knows that he is swearing a falsehood, he is worse than a murderer; a murderer will kill the body, but such a one the soul, indeed two souls: that of the one whom he called to swear and his own.""
2. FROM THE COUNCIL OF ORLEANS: "The holy synod proclaimed that, except for the making of peace, all the faithful should come fasting to swear oaths."
DISTINCTION XL
Chapter | (162) 1. ON THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH COMMANDMENTS. The sixth commandment is: You shall not desire your neighbour's wife. The seventh is: You shall not covet your neighbour's house, nor his slave, nor his handmaid etc.'—
But it seems that the commandment about not coveting a neighbour's Isidore, Sententiarum libri III, bk 2 c31 n8.
'Clo Coronas "Augustine, Sermo 180, c10 n11.
*Ibid., Sermo 308, c4 n4.
"Ivo, Decretum, bk 12 ¢70; cf. also Burchard of Worms, Decretum, bk 12 ¢13.
TExs20017; Deut.S:.2