Death Penalty in Catholics



Death Penalty in Catholics

Introduction

Undoubtedly, the death penalty is the ultimate sanction and ancient history. Surely therefore, is what has occurred and continues today, more debate or discussion. This character of conflict, is due also to the penalty, involves a way of seeing society and in particular to the individual, especially the individual offender (Adcock, 2000). Thus, in the debate, many disciplines are involved, labeled under the name of social science that range from sociology to criminology, to politics, philosophy and law among others. It is also clear that religion, though not one of these disciplines is also involved, since religion also gives a view of the world and people.

Precisely because of its history and its implications, we wanted to delve into the subject, albeit in a superficial way, given the constraints of both space and time, which we are subject. To this end, divide the work into three main sections: the first, the historical evolution of such a sentence, where we have also included a brief chronology of the death penalty in Spain, the second, the current situation in the world, many countries still practiced, and how many, with some of the agreements for its abolition, and finally, the third, which try to address the arguments both for and against it. 

Historical Evolution of the Death Penalty

The death penalty was rejected by the church until the eleventh century. It is in the eighteenth century when humanity begins to wonder if the death penalty serves a utility within society. The death penalty began to be imposed more frequently and more cruel and ruthless, even to be applied in some parts of Germany, with the sole purpose of that lapse. A mid-eighteenth century began a controversy over capital punishment will last until today. 

Defenders of capital punishment have been Rousseau, Balmes, Garofalo, Alfonso de Castro, Lombroso, etc. The preservation of the state is incompatible with yours then it is necessary that of them perish" (Adcock, 2000). Among the supporters of the abolition of the death penalty find Voltaire, Unamuno and Pellegrino Rossi and others. 

Catholicism and the Death Penalty

While many clinicians advocate leaving aside the question of religion at the time to solve or discuss the issue of the death penalty, the fact is that in reality has played an important role. Undoubtedly, for many centuries, and still yet, religions and their institutions have enormous power in the minds of men (Armstrong &Steve, 2000).  Almost immediately came an organization, the Apostles, and eventually the church as an organization became the most influential and lasting around the world. “This is why we believe important to devote a section to dogmatic religious considerations. It is worth mentioning that only talk of Catholicism, but of equal importance have had other religions in different parts of the world (e.g. Islam).

Catholic requirements of the sentence:

a) Utility of the penalty

The penalty to be fair is to be useful to the community in general and also the people most directly related to it. According to the biblical concept of universal brotherhood, every citizen should help everyone ...