Part 2 (2/2)

141 That works of sanctity do not justify a ainst our will, _et contra_

150 That sins are not remitted without confession, _et contra_

153 That a lie is never permissible, _et contra_

154 That a man may destroy himself for some reasons, _et contra_

155 That Christians may not for any reason kill a man, _et contra_

156 That it is lawful to kill a ht out the conflict of opinions is shown by the following example:

THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO KILL A MAN, AND THE OPPOSITE THESIS

_Jerome on Isaiah, Bk V_ He who cuts the throat of a man of blood, is not a man of blood

_Idem, On the Epistle to the Galatians:_ He who smites the wicked because they are wicked and whose reason for the murder is that he may slay the base, is a servant of the Lord

_Idem, on Jeremiah:_ For the punishment of homicides, i the law

_Cyprian, in the Ninth Kind of Abuse:_ The King ought to restrain theft, punish deeds of adultery, cause the wicked to perish from off the face of the earth, refuse to allow parricides and perjurers to live

_Augustine:_ Although it is hter a man, a person may sometimes be slain without sin For both a soldier in the case of an enee or his official in the case of a criminal, and the e, a weapon has flown, do not seem to me to sin, but merely to kill a man

_Likewise:_ The soldier is ordered by law to kill the enehter, he pays the penalty at the hands of his coo so far as to call these laws unjust or rather no laws at all? For that which was not just does not seem to me to be a law

_Idem, on Exodus ch xxvii:_ The Israelites coyptians, but rendered a service to God at his bidding, just as when the servant of a judge kills a man whom the law hath ordered to be killed; certainly if he does it of his own volition he is a hoht to be executed by the judge

_Idem, on Leviticus ch lxxv:_ When a man is justly put to death, the law puts him to death, not thou

_Idem, Bk I of the ”City of God”:_ Thou shall not kill, except in the case of those whose death God orders, or else when a law hath been passed to suit the needs of the time and express command hath been laid upon a person But he does not kill es service to the person who gives him his orders, for he is as it were a mere sword for the person who employs his assistance

_Likewise:_ When a soldier, in obedience to the power under which he is legitimately placed, kills a man, by no law of the state is he accused of murder; nay if he has not done it, he is accused of desertion and insubordination But if he had acted under his own initiative and of his oill, he would have incurred the charge of shedding human blood And so he is punished if he does not do when ordered that for which he would receive punishment if he did it without orders

_Ide of men pleaseth me not, that none may be slain by them, unless perhaps a man is a soldier or in a public office, so that he does the deed not in his own behalf, but for others and for the state, accepting power legitimately conferred, if it is consonant with the task imposed on him

_Likewise:_ It has been said: let us not resist the evil ht us which feeds the lect the reproofs of men

_Idem, to Marcella:_ If that earthly cos of Christ, even ill not be waged without goodwill, for with pitying heart even wars if possible will be waged by the good, so that the lusts of desire ht under just rule to be either rooted out or chastised For if Christian training condeospel for their safety to the soldiers who ask for it, naether from the field But this is the word spoken to them: Do violence to no es

He warns the to them should satisfy them, but he by no means forbids them to take the field

_Ideive thee and thine a useful counsel: Take arms in thy hands; let prayer strike the ears of the creator; because in battle the heavens are opened, God looks forth and awards the victory to the side he sees to be the righteous one”

_Ideed we undertake either at the command of God or under some lawful rule Else John when the soldiers to be baptized ca, ”And what shall we do?” would make answer to them: ”Cast aside your arms, leave the service; smite no man; ruin no s because they were in the service, that they were not slayers of ers of their own injuries, but guardians of the public safety, his answer to them was: ”Do violence to no man,” etc