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Pious causes, or objects, are such as belong to the service of God and religion. A lms left for the support of religion or for charitable purposes, if the main object was the honor of God, are considered as left for pious causes. Such pious causes are subject to the legislation of the Church, which lays down that no special formalities are required for the validity of wills and legacies to pious objects; all that is requisite is that there should be moral certainty resting on the evidence of two or more witnesses about the intention of the testator.1 2. May a Catholic judge give sentence according to an unjust law? If the law commands what is contrary to the law of God, no Catholic judge may pass sentence according to it. If the unjust law only affects the liberty of the subject or property rights, many theologians hold that a Catholic judge, like any other, may pass sentence according to such a law. His refusal to do so would not ordinarily benefit the accused, and the only effect would be to compel the judge to resign his office, and make it impossible for Catholics to hold such offices. Hence the accused may reasonably be presumed to submit to the action of the judge as long as the unjust law remains in force.2 3. The case. The legacy was void according to English law. Julius, however, was not justified in invoking the law to get the legacy declared void. He is a Catholic and is bound by the law of the Church, and for him, subjectively as well as objectively, the legacy is valid. Mark could not help doing as he did and so he may be excused. Philip, the parish priest, should admonish 1B allerini-P almieri, Opus Morale, tract, viii, pt. iii, c. iii, n. 703. 2M anual of Moral Theology, vol. i, p. 587.
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