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(:The Church defends warfare and violence with the reasonings of famous men, saintly men, and men rull of the Holy Spirit.:) They sanctioned with the Holy Spirit the spilling of blood committed by the Church. Yes, the Holy Spirit has gone into blood-letting for the peace of the holy mother Church.

Therefore, in order that their justifications might stand honorably and firmly among the Christians, they cunningly based their law on the words of Saint Paul who, condemning sins, said:

The doctors interpret the words, "deserve to die," as sanctioning civil courts and executions. But these words apply to the transgressors of the law of Christ and their punishment is the death of damnation. Jesus Christ sent St. Paul to call the transgressors to the judgment of death and repentance And St. Paul preached to them repentance, giving himself for an example, that he was a mur- Rom. 1:32,.

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