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The Syllabus of Pius IX.
61. The injustice of an act when successful, inflicts no injury upon the sanctity of right.
Allocution Jamdudum cernimus, March 18th, 1861.
62. The principle of non-intervention, as it is called, ought to be proclaimed and observed.
Allocution Novos, Sept. 28th, 1860.
63. It is lawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes, and even to rebel against them.
Encyclical Qui pluribus, Nov. 9th, 1864, etc.
64. The violation of any solemn oath, as well as any wicked and flagitious action repugnant to the eternal law, is not only not blameable, but is altogether lawful and worthy of the highest praise, when done through love of country.
Allocution Quibus quantisque, April 20th, 1849.
§ VIII.
Errors concerning Christian Marriage.
65. The doctrine that Christ has raised marriage to the dignity of a sacrament cannot be at all tolerated.
Apostolical Letter Ad Apostolicæ, August 22nd, 1851.
66. The sacrament of marriage is only a something accessory to the contract and separate from it, and the sacrament itself consists in the nuptial benediction alone. Ibid.
67. By the law of nature, the marriage tie is not in dissoluble, and in many cases divorce properly so called may be decreed by the civil authority. Ibid.
68. The Church has not the power of establishing diriment impediments of marriage, but such a power
