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The Holiness of the divine name demands that we neither use it for trivial matters, nor take an oath which on the basis of the circumstances could be interpreted as approval of an Authority unjustly requiring it. When an oath is required by ilLegitimate civil authorities, it may be refused. It must be refused when it is required for purposes Contrary to the Dignity of perSons or to Ecclesial Communion.

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