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Category : Unitarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Christian Register and Boston Observer...
Author: More Virginia Broadsides Before 1877
Author: Ray Orvin HummelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Virginia State Library Publications
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed
Author: Edward FeserPublisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681497689
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Catholic Church has in recent decades been associated with political efforts to eliminate the death penalty. It was not always so. This timely work reviews and explains the Catholic Tradition regarding the death penalty, demonstrating that it is not inherently evil and that it can be reserved as a just form of punishment in certain cases. Drawing upon a wealth of philosophical, scriptural, theological, and social scientific arguments, the authors explain the perennial teaching of the Church that capital punishment can in principle be legitimate—not only to protect society from immediate physical danger, but also to administer retributive justice and to deter capital crimes. The authors also show how some recent statements of Church leaders in opposition to the death penalty are prudential judgments rather than dogma. They reaffirm that Catholics may, in good conscience, disagree about the application of the death penalty. Some arguments against the death penalty falsely suggest that there has been a rupture in the Church's traditional teaching and thereby inadvertently cast doubt on the reliability of the Magisterium. Yet, as the authors demonstrate, the Church's traditional teaching is a safeguard to society, because the just use of the death penalty can be used to protect the lives of the innocent, inculcate a horror of murder, and affirm the dignity of human beings as free and rational creatures who must be held responsible for their actions. By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed challenges contemporary Catholics to engage with Scripture, Tradition, natural law, and the actual social scientific evidence in order to undertake a thoughtful analysis of the current debate about the death penalty.
A Checklist of American Imprints for ...
Author: A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820-1829
Author: Richard H. ShoemakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Ecclesiastical gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the Church of England
Author: A Checklist of American Imprints for ...
Author: Richard H. ShoemakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description