Catholic Dictionary Definition of "Violence"

[o_mlly]

To be clear then, this doesn’t just apply to killing, this also applies to injuries, right? Any act of wounding, stabbing, etc., even those that don’t cause death and didn’t involve compulsion, are still considered violence by this definition?

Use of the words “force” and “violence” are usually, but not always, such that the former describes acts which are moral and the latter acts which are immoral.

Here’s the concordance link for the use of “violence” in the catechism.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/W3.HTM

 

[rocky_road97]

So in these examples in the catechism, it seems violence is often used as a catch-all term for causing injury of any sorts, correct?

For example in #2306 it seems violence is used to denote any kind of injury/force, not just the definition of violence given.

The same is true of #2264 since it seems to be describing licit force.

So in these examples in the catechism, it seems violence is often used as a catch-all term for causing injury of any sorts, correct?

For example in #2306 it seems violence is used to denote any kind of injury/force, not just the definition of violence given.

The same is true of #2264 since it seems to be describing licit force.

 

[o_mlly]

For example in #2306 it seems violence is used to denote any kind of injury/force, not just the definition of violence given.

Substitute the word “evil” in 2306 for “violence” and the meaning of the teaching does not change. These described acts of violence are immoral. The word “force” is employed only to describe acts that are moral.

The OP as a criticism of the Catholic use of the word “violence” in its moral teaching can only have standing if the use of the word is confusing. Do you have a particular teaching in mind?

 

[rocky_road97]

I think it has relevance toward the discussion of vigilantism and those who take the law into their own hands to injure people as a means of punishment. Obviously this is prohibited under the definition of “violence” people typically think of but not the catechism definition. Hence why I thought it was relevant.