ST II-II, q. 73

Of Backbiting

We must now consider backbiting, under which head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) What is backbiting?

(2) Whether it is a mortal sin?

(3) Of its comparison with other sins;

(4) Whether it is a sin to listen to backbiting?

Articles

  1. a. 1Whether backbiting is suitably defined as the blackening of another's character by secret words?
  2. a. 2Whether backbiting is a mortal sin?
  3. a. 3Whether backbiting is the gravest of all sins committed against one's neighbor?
  4. a. 4Whether it is a grave sin for the listener to suffer the backbiter?

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