Man's rule on earth-question

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I have a question to ask and maybe sounds a little stupid to some people but here it goes,

When Jesus Christ said to love your enemy and not to take revenge on anyone and to love all humans as you love yourself was that to be taken as in earth as in heaven.

Ok what iam getting at here is, why when a person commits a crime does he have to go to prison or be sentened to death by capital punishment.

Jesus Christ came to teach of understanding and forgiveness and love, so why does countries of this earth judge man on what he has done in his life on earth.

Why do crimnal courts and civil courts and other courts in countries judge other men?
Does this go against all the teachings of Jesus Christ???
If somebody gets put into jail for commiting a crime is that judging them and not forgiving them.
Did Jesus Christ give man the right to judge other men in a court system

Just something i was thinking about and thought i would share with you.
Maybe it is a dumb thing to talk about but sure hey!🤷
 
We’re called not to judge the state of a man’s immortal soul. We are called not to abandon someone and call them a damned soul. Rather, when we are called not to judge, we are called to continually try to bring that person to God.

We are still, however, held to civil law, so long as that law is moral. (Give unto Ceasar…) When a person breaks a civil law, they are subject the disciplinary action of the society. This does not break Jesus’ command to not Judge.
 
ProdglArchitect ,

Answer me this please Sir, so what you are saying is we are to follow all laws the goverment give and Jesus’s laws also. So would i be right in saying that the goverment has the right to judge man by his actions. And so does Jesus Christ. So Jesus must want man to judge man on earth for his actions.Which i agree is good.Sorry iam just a little late in learning about God:(
Please have paitence with me. Iam confussed:(

Thank you for good answer prodglarchitect:)

Like two laws in one.👍
 
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ProdglArchitect ,

Answer me this please Sir, so what you are saying is we are to follow all laws the goverment give and Jesus’s laws also. So would i be right in saying that the goverment has the right to judge man by his actions. And so does Jesus Christ. So Jesus must want man to judge man on earth for his actions.Which i agree is good.Sorry iam just a little late in learning about God:(
Please have paitence with me. Iam confussed:(

Thank you for good answer prodglarchitect:)

Like two laws in one.👍
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The government has the right to judge man by his actions in so far as civil law is concerned.

Jesus has the right to judge us by God’s laws, but his judgment deals with our immortal soul and our eternal salvation or damnation. In the meantime though, while we’re alive in the physical sense, it is necessary that we govern ourselves to prevent us from falling into barbarism (although, with the way our laws have been going, we’re headed there anyways, imo.)

Civil law, used justly, would always conform to God’s Law, and therefore act as a constant reminder to us, always leading us towards God. Unfortunately, this is not the case. We are still called to follow civil laws, assuming they are just and moral. If, however, a civil law is unjust or immoral, we are called to reject it and stand in opposition to it (i.e. - laws which allow for abortion or same-sex marriage)

I hope this helps, I’m by no means an authority on the subject…
 
Contrition (truly being sorrowful for one’s sins) is necessary to be forgiven. Part of the full expression of contrition is to make as much repayment for sins as possible and accept the temporal (earthy) punishment for your sins. In addition, whatever painful conversion must be made in purgatory also needs to be completed even though you have God’s full pardon through the absolution in the confessional.

Here are some excerpts from the Catholic Encyclopedia on Purgatory
newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm
That temporal punishment is due to sin, even after the sin itself has been pardoned by God, is clearly the teaching of Scripture. God indeed brought man out of his first disobedience and gave him power to govern all things (Wisdom 10:2), but still condemned him “to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow” until he returned unto dust. God forgave the incredulity of Moses and Aaron, but in punishment kept them from the “land of promise” (Numbers 20:12). …
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…In the New Testament as well as in the Old, almsgiving and fasting, and in general penitential acts are the real fruits of repentance (Matthew 3:8; Luke 17:3; 3:3). The whole penitential system of the Church testifies that the voluntary assumption of penitential works has always been part of true repentance and the Council of Trent (Sess. XIV, can. xi) reminds the faithful that God does not always remit the whole punishment due to sin together with the guilt.
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So, proper christian governments are acting properly to punish those found guilty and restrain them from continuing to victimize the populace. Capital Punishment is not recommended since it is considered by the Church to be largely unnecessary, but is left to the judgement of the civil authority.
 
Thanks guys.👍

I hope you dont think iam asking stupid questions here.:o

I have allways been catholic but i never knew too much.🙂

But i want to learn.:cool:

katie.
 
So when Jesus Christ returns he will rule and man’s rule will be finished??
 
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