tine (_Contra Faustum_), and he is quoted by Gratian
(in c. _Quid culpatur_); and as his words are of great weight and
define wherein a bad intention consists, it is well to quote them:
_Quid culpatur in bello? an quid moriuntur quandoque morituri ut
dominentur in pace victuri? Hoc reprehendisse timidorum est non
religiosorum. Nocendi cupiditas, ulciscendi crudelitas, impacatus
atque implacabilis animus, feritas rebellandi, libido dominandi et
si quae sunt similia: haec sunt quae in bellis jure culpantur_. [21]
And what must be the right intention of the prince in levying war
the same Augustine declares in the book _De Verbo Domini_; and the
passage is found in c. _A pud, ubi supra: Apud veros dei cultores et
ipsa bella peccata non sunt quae non cupiditate aut crudelitate sed
pacis studio geruntur ut mali coerceantur et boni subleventur_. [22]
Peace is the end that is to be sought in war, and so saith Aristotle
(lib. 10 _Ethicorum_): _Bellum gerimus ut in pace degamus_. [23]
And Augustine says the same (_Epist. ad Bonifacium_): _Non quaeritur
pax ut bellum exerceatur, sed bellum geritur ut pax acquiratur._ [24]

But here it is to be noted that this right intention which is here
required is a condition no more essential to a righteous war than
to other good works, for in all these it is required, and without it
no work is virtuous; and hence it is that if this right intention be
wanting in the prince who levies war and in those who urge it, he would
sin by wrong intention, but if the other two conditions be fulfilled,
he, as Soto says, will not be held to make amends for the injuries
that may be done in the war. So, too, if a judge orders a robber to
be hanged, granted that _ex odio suspendat_, [25] he will not be held
to restitution, if on the testimony adduced the man deserved hanging.

_Reply_

Having ascertained the conditions required to make a war just, from
them we shall be able clearly to decide whether such is the war against
the Zambales at present under discussion. To this question we will
answer affirmatively: that it is lawful without any scruple whatever,
for in it the three conditions meet which are required for a just war,
as we have already said.

And first, in this war is found the first condition, namely, authority
in the one who wages it, for he is _persona publica_, the governor
of these isles; and also he has a superior who is our king. But since
the cause is self-defense, as will later be prove