 If the judgement of synderesis expresses the statement: “nothing prohibited by the law of God is to be done”, and if the knowledge of higher reason presents this minor premise “sexual intercourse with this woman is forbidden by the law of God”, the application of conscience will be made by concluding: “this sexual intercourse is to be avoided”. (De veritate, q. 17, a. 2, corp.; cited in Dougherty 2018: 222)