Punishment Human and Divine
Author: William Cecil De Pauley
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 232
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Author: William Cecil De Pauley
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shane Claiborne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0062347365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the bestselling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition of the death penalty. The Bible says an eye for an eye. But is the state’s taking of a life true—or even practical—punishment for convicted prisoners? In this thought-provoking work, Shane Claiborne explores the issue of the death penalty and the contrast between punitive justice and restorative justice, questioning our notions of fairness, revenge, and absolution. Using an historical lens to frame his argument, Claiborne draws on testimonials and examples from Scripture to show how the death penalty is not the ideal of justice that many believe. Not only is a life lost, so too, is the possibility of mercy and grace. In Executing Grace, he reminds us of the divine power of forgiveness, and evokes the fundamental truth of the Gospel—that no one, even a criminal, is beyond redemption.
Author: George Duffield
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Published: 1848
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Cecil DE PAULEY (Bishop of Cashel and Emly, Waterford and Lismore.)
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Levi Balmer Hartman
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. C. de Pauley
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 213
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aslak Rostad
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-10-22
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1789695260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses pagan concepts of religious transgressions as expressed in Greek cultic regulations from the 5th century BC-3rd century AD. Also considered are so-called propitiatory inscriptions from the 1st-3rd century AD Lydia and Phrygia, in light of ‘cultic morality’, intended to make places, occasions, and worshippers suitable for ritual.
Author: William Greenough Thayer Shedd
Publisher: Primedia E-launch LLC
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1619792273
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Feser
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2017-05-10
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1681497689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.