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That the principal figure in Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, is believed by Christians to have been the incarnate God who was executed as a martyr by the Roman Empire influences the opinions pertaining to the death penalty. Many early Christians strongly opposed the death penalty. [17]
Dulles argues that the Church teaches that punishments, including the death penalty, may be levied for four reasons: [22] Rehabilitation – The sentence of death can and sometimes does move the condemned person to repentance and conversion. The death penalty may be a way of achieving the criminal's reconciliation with God.
The Bible states that for the death penalty to be carried out, at least two witnesses were required. [6] (According to Rabbinic tradition, there were numerous other conditions/requirements (such as a warning) that made it difficult to get a conviction.) Sins that were punishable by death in the Torah, included the following: [3] [4]
Under certain interpretations of Shari’a law, conversion from Islam to Christianity warrants the death penalty. The family members of Christian converts are also discriminated against and are ...
Most surprising, a growing number of evangelical Christians, a group with devout conservative views, are breaking from the death penalty. During a webinar call last month, both evangelical and ...
In this opinion essay, Pastor Kevin Riggs shares how he met death row inmate Kevin Burns and why they wrote a book together about the man's life. In this opinion essay, Pastor Kevin Riggs shares ...
The International Federation of ACATs, FIACAT, is an international, non-governmental, Christian human rights organisation, created in 1987, which fights for the abolition of torture and the death penalty. The Federation brings together some thirty national associations.
These include the death penalty not only for murder, but also for idolatry, [7] homosexuality, [8] adultery, witchcraft and blasphemy. [9] Most Calvinists reject Christian reconstructionism and hold to classical covenant theology, which is the traditional Calvinist view of the relationship between the Old Covenant and Christianity. [10]