The better translation is murder. St. Augustine, I believe, help to explain the justifiable war and all.Thou shall not kill- ive seen different translations that say thou shall not murder. does this mean that killing done by police/ in war is justified given the right circumstances? Or does it mean absolutely no killing ie pacifism.
The best you can do with a pure dogma/doctrine question such as yours…is to go to the Magisterium…our handy direct link is the** Catechism of the Catholic Church**…to see what the Magisterium…the Catholic Church actually teaches and believes…in Christ Jesus himself…because Our Lord Jesus said (sending out the 72 disciples)…Thou shall not kill- ive seen different translations that say thou shall not murder. does this mean that killing done by police/ in war is justified given the right circumstances? Or does it mean absolutely no killing ie pacifism.
Luke 10:16 (English Standard Version)
16 "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, the one who** rejects me rejects him who sent me."**
usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.shtml[See Paras 2258-2330 on the Fifth Commandment]
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENTYou shall not kill.54
2258 "Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being."562261 Scripture specifies the prohibition contained in the fifth commandment: "Do not slay the innocent and the righteous."61 ** The deliberate murder of an innocent person is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human being, to the golden rule, and to the holiness of the Creator. The law forbidding it is universally valid: it obliges each and everyone, always and everywhere.****Code:You have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You shall not kill: and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment." But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment.[55](http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.shtml#55)
2263** The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. "The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one’s own life; and the killing of the aggressor. . . . The one is intended, the other is not."65
2264 **Love toward oneself remains a fundamental principle of morality. Therefore it is legitimate to insist on respect for one’s own right to life. Someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow:**If a man in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repels force with moderation, his defense will be lawful. . . . Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one’s own life than of another’s.66
2265 Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others. The defense of the common good requires that an unjust aggressor be rendered unable to cause harm. For this reason, those who legitimately hold authority also have the right to use arms to repel aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their responsibility.