Capital Punishment: Points to Consider
St Nicholas stops execution (painting by Ilya Repin) from a letter by Jim Forest to a friend in the United States We are followers of Christ, who killed no one nor blessed anyone to kill and who on one...
View ArticleA Saint Who Stopped an Execution
by Jim Forest St. Nicholas of Myra was born in about 280 AD in the town of Patara within the Province of Lycia, Asia Minor. His life was later embroidered with many legends, yet there are several...
View ArticleThe Execution of Philip Workman
by Fr. John Oliver III Vigil outside the prison the night of Philip Workman's execution. Photo by Harry Simpson. Shortly after the sun set, the evening routine in our house is well underway. Dinner...
View ArticleSaint Marcellus: Military Martyr
[Photo: The relics of St. Marcellus are preserved within the altar of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana.] In the ancient Roman Empire, many Christians...
View ArticleAssessing the Death Penalty: Let the Punishment Fit the Time
By Danny Abbott Christianity in the United States has had a unique experience compared to the rest of the western world. U.S. church attendance is substantially higher than most other western...
View ArticleOrthodoxy and Capital Punishment
St.Nicholas stopping executions Capital Punishment: Points to Consider by Jim Forest Blessed are the Meek: Capital Punishment and the Gospel by Fr. Thomas Mueller St Nicholas Halts an Execution by Jim...
View ArticleMay Christians Kill?
By Fr. Philip LeMasters Eastern Christianity does not view morality in fundamentally legal terms or within the context of abstract philosophy, but as part of the holistic vocation of humanity for...
View ArticleCAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Capital Punishment: Points to Consider by Jim Forest Blessed are the Meek: Capital Punishment and the Gospel by Fr. Thomas Mueller St Nicholas Halts an Execution by Jim Forest Regarding the Church's...
View ArticleYou Cannot Serve Two Ideas
You Cannot Serve Two Ideas: When Ideology and Theology Meet by Fr. John Garvey When I was involved in draft counseling during the war in Vietnam, I had a liberal friend who knew I was anti-war and was...
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