Posted on 09/30/2011 5:57:13 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Diocese may push for assassin’s canonization
September 30, 2011
The Archdiocese of Seoul may launch a cause for the beatification of Thomas An Jung-geun, a Korean Catholic who assassinated the Japanese prime minister when Korea was under Japanese rule.
The assassin “acted in righteous defense of the nation,” the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan said of the 1909 killing. “The Catholic Church does not regard killing committed to defend the nation from unjust aggression as a crime.”
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>> So... I got Bin Laden.
LOL... the funny percolates
"legitimate defence can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another's life, the common good of the family or of the State". Unfortunately it happens that the need to render the aggressor incapable of causing harm sometimes involves taking his life. In this case, the fatal outcome is attributable to the aggressor whose action brought it about, even though he may not be morally responsible because of a lack of the use of reason.http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.html
Any large book store will carry a hard copy.
That's a much better translation than what I tried to do. But my latin, greek, and hebrew sucks.
Grandfather chastised my mother about that.
In a better and another world, I would be a studious Jesuit.
In this one, I get to be me. Cook, engineer, &ct.... &ct. (not that I'm a bad man).
To study the Torah all day long... We all have dreams....
Fiddler on the roof playing in the background...
/johnny
Which language? Doesn't really matter. I'll get a copy for my personal library.
I'll allow my children to explain the plethora of languages, poorly spoken, and rarely read.
I've been a leader in that, if nothing else.
Hey ya'll! Don't do this...
We know that drill.
/johnny
The Church has always taught that the defense of life is justified. In fact, defending life from agressors is evidence of the value we place on life.
When killing the agressor is necessary, such killing is regrettable in that the agresor’s life ends, but it is moral and ultimately pro-life act.
The Vatican has a long history of lauding those serving in the armed forces of the many nations. I have been present on several occassions at the Vatican to hear the pope himself praise the selfless and scrificial nature of the life lived by those serving in their country’s armed forces. The vatican also goes to great lengths to support those soldiers and families by providing military chaplains.
Having said all that, it certainly makes sense that the pope would always advocate for peaceful solutions and against killing. Killing should be a last resort (at least as far as that is practical).
There is no contradiction in any of this.
All of your posts and threads are jokes, fiction. Good.
Very quick and convenient. I use it often.
The assassin “acted in righteous defense of the nation,” the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan said of the 1909 killing.
While Japan occupied Korea at the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Korea remained nominally an independent "empire" until 1910 when it was formally annexed by Japan.
Note: this topic is from September 30, 2011. Thanks Dr. Brian Kopp, and Merry Christmas.
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