Karl Barth on Capital Punishment: “For from the point of view of the Gospel there is nothing to be said for its institution, and everything against it.” (May 24, 2019)

How may any Christian support capital punishment, with the knowledge that Jesus Christ had died for their sins? (1 Corinthians 15:3) Karl Barth argues that it is an astonishing fact that the Church has not unilaterally opposed the death penalty worldwide, and that after two millennia of Church history and […]

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