The Death Penalty, Church Teaching and the Development of Dogma: Reflections on Pope Francis' Change to the Catechism
Starting from the change to the Catechism, which makes the death penalty inadmissible from now on from the perspective of moral theology, the article offers a systematic analysis of relationship of the Catholic Church to the death penalty. It first outlines the complex ways in which the problem of t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-143 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Francis Pope 1936-
/ Catechism
/ Church teaching office
/ Death penalty
/ Legitimacy
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| IxTheo Classification: | KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Capital Punishment
B Doctrine B RELIGION & ethics B CATHOLIC catechisms B Francis, Pope, 1936- B Christian Ethics |