AFAIK the ten commandment specifically mention “murder”, not “killing”, i.e. unjust or unlawful killing. Death penalty should probably count as murder, especially for people who believe in the new testament, but the old testament clearly disagrees with that, and even Jesus himself (according to the new testament) didn’t seem particularly interested in abolishing the death penalty, despite all the forgiveness, love the sinner etc. stuff he preached.
Interestingly, the catholic church has been against the death penalty since the 1960s. Apparently a big reason is that they think it’s not necessary anymore, due to how much more advanced modern judiciary systems are compared to ancient times.
Depends on the print, and what the pastor says. I was raised Catholic, “Thou shall not kill” was the 5th. I understand in the Jewish commandments it’s “murder”. And probably other prints, too.
It’s clearly meant to be ‘murder’, though. The old testament talks several times about capital punishment in the vein of ‘those who commit sin X should be stoned to death’, and it’s perfectly fine with war, too.
AFAIK the ten commandment specifically mention “murder”, not “killing”, i.e. unjust or unlawful killing. Death penalty should probably count as murder, especially for people who believe in the new testament, but the old testament clearly disagrees with that, and even Jesus himself (according to the new testament) didn’t seem particularly interested in abolishing the death penalty, despite all the forgiveness, love the sinner etc. stuff he preached.
Interestingly, the catholic church has been against the death penalty since the 1960s. Apparently a big reason is that they think it’s not necessary anymore, due to how much more advanced modern judiciary systems are compared to ancient times.
Depends on the print, and what the pastor says. I was raised Catholic, “Thou shall not kill” was the 5th. I understand in the Jewish commandments it’s “murder”. And probably other prints, too.
It’s clearly meant to be ‘murder’, though. The old testament talks several times about capital punishment in the vein of ‘those who commit sin X should be stoned to death’, and it’s perfectly fine with war, too.