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69. That the Son of God was predestinated, _et contra_. 79. That Christ was a deceiver, _et non_. 85. That the hour of the Lord's resurrection is uncertain, _et contra_. 116. That the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, _et contra_. 122. That everybody should be allowed to marry, _et contra_. 141. That works of sanctity do not justify a man, _et contra_. 144. That at times we all sin against 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 man, _et non_. How he brought 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, impious persons and poisoners is not bloodshed, but serving 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 manslaughter to slaughter a man, a person may sometimes be slain without sin. For both a soldier in the case of an enemy and a judge or his official in the case of a criminal, and the man from whose hand, perhaps without his will or knowledge, 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 enemy, and if he shall prove to have refrained from such slaughter, he pays the penalty at the hands of his commander. Shall we not go 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 committed no theft in spoiling the Egyptians, but rendered a service to God at his bidding, just as when the serva
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