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--Just as the Church has the right and duty to make lawswhich will promote the spiritual welfare of her members, so has theState the power an uch aconscience commits a mortal or a venial sin according to his owndisposition with respect to sin. But every virtue renders to someone hisdue, and hence there is no reason why principles applicable to justiceshould not be applicable to other virtues also. In the above cases negative doubt was solved generally in favor ofnon-obligation as against obligation.