SOR Essay
Capital punishment
Introduction
Capital punishment is a serious society issue that has lasted over the long course of history. The debate on this controversial topic has involved many religions providing different perspectives on the issue. This essay will specifically analyse two of the largest religions in the current society, Christianity, and Buddhism. And their perspective on the topic of capital punishment. Both Buddhism and Christianity in the modern era suggests that capital punishment should be removed. However, Christianity perspective on capital punishment has changed multiple times during the course of history and even now there are still different perspectives within in it. Thus, Christianity doesn't have an absolute …show more content…
Which is 31% of the entire earth population. Christianity in the past kept multiple different perspectives on capital punishment during the history. Pope Innocent III quote "The secular power can, without mortal sin, exercise judgment of blood, provided that it punishes with justice, not out of hatred, with prudence, not precipitation."(Pope Innocent III, 1315) This shows in the Middle age the Roman Catholic church publicly support the ideology of capital punishment and its fundamental existence. In addition, the bible also states the importance of the capital punishment in the Old Testament. “If anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.” (Exodus 21:14) This quote from Exodus clearly displays the perspective of the Christianity. However, in the modern era, the perspective of the Roman catholic church on capital punishment has slowly changed. During 2016, pope Francis has clearly said to the public that capital punishment “is an offense to the inviolability of life and to the dignity of the human person; it likewise contradicts God’s plan for …show more content…
But, they cannot represent the entire Christianity. The East Orthodox Church believe that all Christians should be against capital punishment as well. The East Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church were once together. However, in 1054 The East-West Schism occurred. And in the result of that caused the Roman catholic church and East orthodox Church to separate. The reason for this separation was due to the use of Holy Spirit. The East Orthodox church believes holy spirit shouldn’t be used in Eucharist. However, the Roman Catholic church disagrees with that and in result caused the separation in 1054. In the modern era, the East Orthodox priest father Prebe states that “Capital punishment not only plays into retribution but it eliminates the possibility of reconciliation.” (Fr Prebe, 2013) This shows the perspective of East Orthodox church on capital punishment is similar to the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, because of the corruption of the Roman Catholic church in the middle age, a church reformation movement occurred. in 1517, Martin Luther suggests that the Roman Catholic church is deeply corrupted and a reformation is needed. And in the 16th century, Lutheranism slowly spread through the Europe and multiple protestant churches was created during this reformation. At the modern era, the Roman Catholic church is still the predominate church. But, it cannot represent
Capital punishment
Introduction
Capital punishment is a serious society issue that has lasted over the long course of history. The debate on this controversial topic has involved many religions providing different perspectives on the issue. This essay will specifically analyse two of the largest religions in the current society, Christianity, and Buddhism. And their perspective on the topic of capital punishment. Both Buddhism and Christianity in the modern era suggests that capital punishment should be removed. However, Christianity perspective on capital punishment has changed multiple times during the course of history and even now there are still different perspectives within in it. Thus, Christianity doesn't have an absolute …show more content…
Which is 31% of the entire earth population. Christianity in the past kept multiple different perspectives on capital punishment during the history. Pope Innocent III quote "The secular power can, without mortal sin, exercise judgment of blood, provided that it punishes with justice, not out of hatred, with prudence, not precipitation."(Pope Innocent III, 1315) This shows in the Middle age the Roman Catholic church publicly support the ideology of capital punishment and its fundamental existence. In addition, the bible also states the importance of the capital punishment in the Old Testament. “If anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.” (Exodus 21:14) This quote from Exodus clearly displays the perspective of the Christianity. However, in the modern era, the perspective of the Roman catholic church on capital punishment has slowly changed. During 2016, pope Francis has clearly said to the public that capital punishment “is an offense to the inviolability of life and to the dignity of the human person; it likewise contradicts God’s plan for …show more content…
But, they cannot represent the entire Christianity. The East Orthodox Church believe that all Christians should be against capital punishment as well. The East Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church were once together. However, in 1054 The East-West Schism occurred. And in the result of that caused the Roman catholic church and East orthodox Church to separate. The reason for this separation was due to the use of Holy Spirit. The East Orthodox church believes holy spirit shouldn’t be used in Eucharist. However, the Roman Catholic church disagrees with that and in result caused the separation in 1054. In the modern era, the East Orthodox priest father Prebe states that “Capital punishment not only plays into retribution but it eliminates the possibility of reconciliation.” (Fr Prebe, 2013) This shows the perspective of East Orthodox church on capital punishment is similar to the Roman Catholic Church. In addition, because of the corruption of the Roman Catholic church in the middle age, a church reformation movement occurred. in 1517, Martin Luther suggests that the Roman Catholic church is deeply corrupted and a reformation is needed. And in the 16th century, Lutheranism slowly spread through the Europe and multiple protestant churches was created during this reformation. At the modern era, the Roman Catholic church is still the predominate church. But, it cannot represent