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--The Sponsors (2697). e act against him, for, since he has broken faith, thetreaty obligation no longer binds the other side. This kind of fear, likethe other passions (see 121), is morally indifferent in itself. tended this; for itcan be presumed that the State is content with external means as longas these are sufficient for i

tances that may through the intention of the agent take on thecharacter of object--are good; just as a ma Example: Titus is in the classof those who are bound by the law of fast, but he is exempted bycompetent authority from the obligation of the law. Hence, of three apostates, one to Protestantism,another to Judaism and a third to Buddhism, the second sins moregrievously than the first, the third more grievously than the second. --From the foregoing discussions one maydeduce three rules for the guidance of those who are not experttheologians:(a) If your state of conscience is certitude (i.