That polygamy, for the moral lawfulness of which the Mohammedan doctors advance several arguments,1 is allowed by the Korân, every one knows, though few are acquainted with the limitations with which it is allowed.
The probability, thus turned on to the lawfulness of the action, breaks down altogether.
Hence we gather the solution of the question as to the lawfulness of acting for pleasure.
You cannot argue from the accomplished fact the lawfulness of the means whereby it was accomplished.
Beyond these three cases, the Catholic Church allows neither the lawfulness nor the validity of any divorce a vinculo by whomsoever given to whatsoever parties.
The point on which the probability turns must be the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the action, not any other issue, as that of the physical consequences.
Not to mention the strong probability, that the lawfulness of taking oaths may be revealed to the Quakers, who then will stand upon as good a foot for preferment, as any other loyal subject.
For, in fact, it was not open to Henry to raise the question of the lawfulness of his marriage with Anne, or to avail himself of it if raised by others.
His own mind had long misgiven him on the lawfulness of his marriage.
The Princess was indisputably legitimate, as at the time of her birth no doubt existed on the lawfulness of her mother's marriage.
It was he who in 1419 propounded to the Masters of the Prague University his doubts on the lawfulness of religious wars.
These were the lawfulnessof the Slavonic ritual, and the position of Methodius as Archbishop of Moravia.
For she is sure that he hath no power to force her to sin; and therefore hath no more assurance of his power in that point than she hath of the lawfulness of the thing.
I speak not this against the lawfulness of a form of prayer; but to warn you of the temptations which are in that way.
The arguments against the lawfulness of war, drawn from the Gospel, are more specious.
The next topic, that comes under consideration, is the lawfulness of taking interest for the use of a consumable thing; the arguments brought against which appear by no means such as to command our assent.
The lawfulness of this is denied not only by Vasquez, but by one, whose opinions that writer condemns, as bearing a near approach to perfidy.
The first objection usually made against the lawfulness of war is taken from the law given to Noah and his posterity, Gen.
The lawfulness of injuring or destroying the person of a public enemy is supported by the testimony of many of the best writers, both poets, moralists, and historians.
Enough has been said, to shew that the law given to Noah cannot bear the interpretation of those, who derive from it their arguments against the lawfulness of all war.
But I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him.
But again, why does Paley, why does Jeremy Taylor, when no practical matter is before him, lay down a maxim about the lawfulness of lying, which will startle most readers?
And it is the very lawfulness of these indulgences which has ensnared him.
Some eminent doctors, however, have contended for the lawfulness of these practices.
Another of my friends, one of the most distinguished of the 'Ulama, confessed to me his conviction of the lawfulness of quarantine and argued well in favour of it; but said that he dared not openly avow such an opinion.
He had in truth proceeded further with his tidings, though the lawfulness of discharging even this imperious duty on the Sabbath had been gravely considered in the Councils of those who had sent him.
Any doubts of the lawfulness of the contest, that might assail tender consciences, were brushed away by a bold and decided hand.
The bloody assault of Pettyquamscott hath exercised our minds severely--nay, it hath even raised doubts of the lawfulness of some of our deeds.
They had ministers of their own appointment, and denied the lawfulness of oaths and of capital punishment.
The only faults he seems to impute to them are the denial of the lawfulness of oaths and capital punishment, and the wearing wooden shoes.
He wrote to Calvin to inform him of this change, and to submit to him his scruples regarding the lawfulness of the ministry in the Reformed Churches.
He firmly believed, however, in the lawfulness of his claims; and although his father had recognized the Pragmatic Sanction, whereby the hereditary dominions of Charles VI.
Between him and any lasting peace stood the anti-Pope Clement III; for all who had received consecration at Clement's hands were bound at all hazards to maintain the lawfulness of his election.
Consequently no question of the lawfulness of investiture was mooted during his lifetime.
With a like ardour he prosecuted in the Council the condemnation of the thesis of Jean Petit concerning the lawfulness of tyrannicide.
While mystics and visionaries were glorifying virginity, the Church, bent on governing the body as well as the soul, condemned opinions denying the lawfulness of marriage, which she had constituted a sacrament.
The death of every child save Mary may have woke scruples as to the lawfulness of a marriage on which a curse seemed to rest; the need of a male heir for public security may have deepened this impression.
And the only determination that these men knew or looked at, was the lawfulness of the enterprise, in respect of the sanctions and punishments of the law.
As intimated in a previous note,[285] Mr. Bidwell was applied to for a legal opinion as to the lawfulness of such gatherings.
First, it is true that he was consulted by the Radicals as to the lawfulness of their assembling for drill exercise and other purposes.
I have not a whit the worse opinion of the eminent and profound Mr. Thomas Gataker for the treatise which he professedly wrote to prove the lawfulness of card-playing, under due restrictions and limitations.
Luther, speaking of the lawfulness of retaining money won by gaming, concludes that it might be lawfully retained; but adds, that he could wish both parties to lose, if it were possible.
The work is in the form of a dialogue between two young Jews, one of whom, named MEDAD, maintains the lawfulness of Gaming, and is opposed by the other, named ELDAD.
And lastly, what have been the opinions of moralists and theologians with respect to the lawfulness of the game?
