BOOK 1, CHAPTER 2Whether It Is Ever Lawful to Wage WarI. That war is not in conflict with the law of nature is proved by several considerations.II. That war is not in conflict with the law of nature is proved from history.III. That war is not in conflict with the law of nature is proved from general agreement.IV. Proof is adduced that war is not in conflict with the law of nations.V. Proof is adduced that war was not in conflict with the divine volitional law before the time of the Gospel, and objections are answered.VI. Preliminary considerations bearing upon the question whether war is in conflict with the law of the Gospel.VII. Arguments drawn from Holy Writ on behalf of the negative view, that war is not in conflict with the law of the Gospel.VIII. Answering of the arguments from Holy Writ on behalf of the affirmative view, that war is in conflict with the law of the Gospel.IX. The agreement of the early Christians in regard to the subject under discussion is examined.
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