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ome, on the will of the person who liberallybinds himself, but others hold that it depends on the importance of thesubject-matter. given His Church the keysof heaven and appointed His bishops and priests the physicians andjudges to cure and pardon (Matt. , in a non-Christian marriage), or hasnot been consummated in a Christian marriage, the divine law authorizesthe Church, the representative of God, to decree a dissolution (see363, 314). (b)The external sacrifice improperly so called, which consists in thepractice of works of virtue, is obli

--(a) Theobligation is one of religion, because the significance of the oath isthat it adds the duty of respect owed to God to the duty of fidelityowed to the promise. This is also clearly taught in theBible, which praises moderate drinking of wine (Ecclus. --(a)Abduction. ), andthey therefore outline first the service that is owed to God(Commandments of the First Table) and next the service that is owed toman (Commandments of the Second Table).