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_005195567	Smith, Howard W.	Law,	1940		.txt	text/plain	12624	644	73	Law LAW by Rev. Dr. Howard W. Smith, Professor of Canon Law, Our Lady of the Lake Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio Four addresses delivered in the nationwide Catholic Hour (produced by the National Council of Catholic Men, in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company), on Sundays from May 5 through May 26, 1940 Origin of Law 3 Meaning of Law 11 Positive Law—Church and State 18 Law and Conscience 26 National Council of Catholic Men 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Printed and distributed by Our Sunday Visitor ® Huntington, Indiana Imprimatur * JOHN FRANCIS NOLL, D. D. Bishop of Fort Wayne DeacWHtec' ORIGIN OF LAW Address delivered on May 5, 1940 During the winter of the year 1901 a group of archeologists uncovered at Susa, in Persia, three fragments of a broken column of black stone on which was found inscribed the oldest known code of law. MEANING OF LAW 15 Law, then, means an ordinance of God and con- sequently the authority that makes just laws must come from God.	cache/_005195567.txt	txt/_005195567.txt