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re: Pope calls for abolition of death penalty
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:05 pm to catholictigerfan
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:05 pm to catholictigerfan
This is straight from the Catholic Catechism.
quote:
2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. (2306)
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Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:43 pm to TexasTiger89
i`m as conservative as you can get for the most part but this is one area that i`m on the fence about only because if one person that is executed that is innocent it is deplorable and we have seen ever so often people that get cleared of a crime after spending years in prison.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 5:49 pm to TexasTiger89
quote:
This is straight from the Catholic Catechism.
quote:
2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. (2306)
This does not = abolition.
That's why I stated in my earlier post that the pope via tha magisterium change the language of the Catholic catechism.
With that said, in modern civilizations there are many effective ways to protect society from unjust aggressors other than the death penalty. One of those effective ways is life in prison which can be and should be implemented humanely.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 10/24/14 at 6:31 am to TexasTiger89
quote:
This is straight from the Catholic Catechism.
The pope has the authority to change teachings in the cathechism. Only thing he can't change is teaching found in divine revelation. Like Jesus is God, 10 Commandments etc.
Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:17 am to TexasTiger89
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2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. (2306)
So did God delineate that to someone from a burning bush or a dream? Or was it just written by some guy after a meeting?
This post was edited on 10/24/14 at 7:20 am
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