Of Derision [*Or Mockery] (Two Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now speak of derision, under which head there are two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether derision is a special sin distinct from the other sins whereby one's neighbor is injured by words?

(2) Whether derision is a mortal sin?

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