Death penalty and Orthodox Christianity | Right to kill | Fr. Athanasios

Описание: In this recording, Archimandrite Athanasios Mytilinaios (1927-2006), talks about the death penalty and answers the question: "Do we have the right to kill a criminal?" "We shall not kill him. Why? Because if we get to the point of thinking that we should not kill him and prefer being killed by him instead, we have already conquered the Kingdom of God, because we have avoided a murder that we know should not happen. Meaning, we did not exercise our right to self-defense, which the courts would recognize. Instead, we offer him the chance to repent, if he repents."
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Audio source: “Catechism”, no. 93 (in Greek)
http://arnion.gr/index.php/p-thanasio...

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