Martyrdom

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Over the centuries, many Christians of all denominations have been martyred, sometimes even by other professing Christians. I know all about Protestants killing Catholics, and find it reprehensible, I’m not about to defend that. But what I would like to know is the Catholic defense for killing Protestants. Many thanks.
 
I think a good place for you to begin really thinking there, would be for you to answer
what is Protestant defence for killing Catholics?
Whatever political reasons have existed at any time, these were flawed.
You will find none of us willing to harm or kill Protestants, by the way. 🙂
 
Eruvande said:
Over the centuries, many Christians of all denominations have been martyred, sometimes even by other professing Christians. I know all about Protestants killing Catholics, and find it reprehensible, I’m not about to defend that. But what I would like to know is the Catholic defense for killing Protestants. Many thanks.
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Which ones in particular are you thinking of?

As far as I know, persecution of Catholics by Protestants was more prevalent.

And as the poster above has asked, what is the defense that Protestants give for persecuting Catholics?
 
The Church’s regard for human life and dignity
scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a5.htm

Regarding your question

catholic.com/tracts/the-inquisition
We may not agree with Aquinas, but he made this argument:

scripturecatholic.com/feature-articles/ACLA%20-%20death%20penalty.pdf

There are those *in the past *who have believed in the following manner
"St. Thomas Aquinas logically argues that heretics who kill the souls of men should suffer the same capital punishments as those who kill the bodies of men, since destroying the soul is much graver than destroying the body.
St. Thomas says:
“On their own side [heretics] there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore, if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death” (ST, Pt II-II, Q 11,

This is not the position of the Church. As shown above in the Catechism, we Catholics have great respect for the dignity and preservation of human life. And it is we Catholics who most strenuously defend human life from the moment of conception
 
Thanks for your replies. The only reasons I can give for the murder of Catholics is a mixture of political expediency and religious fanaticism. I’m presuming it was something similar that led to the deaths of protestants, like Ridley and Latimer as an example. I agree that Catholics are the staunchest supporters of human life in this day and age, it’s one of the places in which Catholic belief and my own are the same.
 
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