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Catechism› 3.Life in ChristPart 3› 2.The Ten CommandmentsSection 2› 2.You Shall Love Your Neighbor as YourselfChapter 2› 5.The Fifth CommandmentArt. 5› II.Respect for the Dignity of PersonsII.› Respect for health

CCC 2290

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The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco, or medicine. Those incur grave guilt who, by drunkenness or a love of speed, endanger their own and others' safety on the road, at sea, or in the air.

In the Compendium: Q474

Read the full chapter 2. You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself ¶2196–2557

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