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Example: The priest andthe levite who passed by the wounded man on the road to Jericho wereguilty, from the nature of their act, of mortal sin. Evasion would be sinful, if the denial orconcealment contained a lie or caused scandal. --In addition to laws strictly so-called,there are laws in a wide sense, commands or provisions made byecclesiastical superiors that have not all the conditions given above(see 285) for law. Rites, May 12, 1877, n.

Example: An opinionthat has the support of a universally acknowledged authority isstrongly probable, whereas, if it has only the support of one obscurewriter, it is only slightly probable. But a law is uncertain ifthere is a solidly probable opinion against its existence, or for itscessation, even though the other side be equally or more probable. Is there any definite amount or percentage, then, which should becontributed to alms?(a) For a case of extreme or grave necessity, one s It is divided as follows: (a) by reason of theintention, it is either an investigation of the truth, a defense of thetruth, or an attack on