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Roman Catholicism and Religious Liberty
Hughey, J.D.
Hughey, J.D.
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"Before dealing with the minority trend towards liberty in the 'Roman Catholic Church we need to consider briefly the main ;tradition of that Church.2 This is against freedom except where expediency calls for it. After church and state had been united in the Roman Empire, "the church gradually accepted the use of governmental power for the enforcement of religious unity. Augustine developed the theory that "when error prevails it is right to invoke liberty of .conscience, but when the contrary truth predominates, it is proper to use coercion."3 For him heresy was worse than murder, since 'it destroys the soul, whereas murder only destroys the body.4 Thomas Aquinas justified the death penalty for heretics by saying that it is more serious to corrupt the faith than to counterfeit money, and if counterfeiteI1S are put to death, with much more justice should heretics be executed"
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1961
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