Capital punishment and Roman Catholic moral tradition / E. Christian Brugger.

Author/creator Brugger, E. Christian, 1964-
Format Book
EditionSecond Edition.
PublicationNotre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [2014]
Descriptionxxxii, 281 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Capital punishment--Religious aspects. --Catholic Church.
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents SORTING OUT THE ISSUES: The present teaching of the Magisterium. The catechism of the Catholic Church ; Evangelium vitae ; Veritatis splendor ; Theological anticipations ; Conclusion and a problem -- The justification of punishment. Punishment in the catechism ; Strict retributivism ; Utilitarian accounts -- THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH'S TEACHING: The death penalty and Scripture. Old Testament ; New Testament -- The patristic consensus. Pre-Constantinian writings ; Post-Constantinian writings -- The medieval testimony. The clergy prohibition ; Changing attitudes ; The Decretum Gratiani ; Pope Innocent III and the Waldensian oath ; Thomas Aquinas ; John Duns Scotus -- Sixteenth century to the present. The traditional teaching : consolidation and development ; The Church's turn toward opposition -- RETHINKING THE CHURCH'S TRADITIONAL NOTION OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE: Capital punishment and the development of doctrine. With what authority? ; The idea of development of doctrine ; Moral doctrines and the infallible Magisterium ; Development of non-irreformable doctrines -- Toward an ethical judgment that capital punishment is intrinsically wrong. The new position of the Catechism developed ; A reformulated Catholic teaching on killing.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and indexes.
LCCN 2014016568
ISBN9780268022419 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0268022410 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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