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Capital punishment in the Bible refers to instances in the Bible where death is called for as a punishment and also instances where it is proscribed or prohibited. A case against capital punishment can be made from John 8, where Jesus speaks words that can be construed as condemning the practice. [ 1 ]
The Vatican had also officially given support to a 2015 United Nations campaign against the death penalty. [32] During a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting concerning the abolishment of capital punishment, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi declared that "The Holy See Delegation fully
Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/stepsister is given excommunication for a punishment; [22] if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed [23] and sexual activity with an aunt that is a blood relation is merely criticised. [24]
Many Islamic governments support capital punishment. [3] Many Islamic nations have governments that are directly run by the code of Sharia [3] and, therefore, Islam is the only known religion which has a direct impact on governmental policies with regard to capital punishment in modern times.
The Hebrew Bible is considered a holy text in most Abrahamic religions. It records a large number of events and laws that are endorsed or proscribed by the God of Israel . Judaism teaches that the Torah contains 613 commandments , many of which deal with crime and punishment , but only the Noahide Laws apply to humanity in general.
The Inquisitions provide the most memorable instance of Church support for capital punishment, although some historians considered these more lenient than the secular courts of the period. [90] [91] On August 2, 2018, the church adopted the view that capital punishment is "inadmissible" as it violates the dignity of mankind.
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The Bible and the Talmud specify capital punishment by the "Four Executions of the Court," — stoning, burning, decapitation, and strangulation — for the most severe transgressions, [2] and the corporal punishment of flagellation for intentional transgressions of negative commandments that do not incur one of the Four Executions.