“True repentance has as its constituent elements not only grief and hatred of sin, but also an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ. It hates the sin, and not simply the penalty; and it hates the sin most of all because it has discovered God's love.” HateChristSinGriefElementsHatredMercyRepentancePenaltiesGod's LoveApprehensionConstituentsMercy Of GodTrue Repentance Book:Moses the Law-giver Source: Moses the Law-giver
“[The] penalty of death was abolished in the Roman empire, a law of mercy most delightful to the humane theorist, but of which the practice, in a large and vicious community, is seldom consistent with the public safety.” LawCommunityPracticeMercySafetyConsistentEmpiresPenaltiesDelightfulViciousHumaneRoman EmpireTheoristsPublic Safety Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.” MomentsDeathDyingMonthsMercyMurderVictimDeedsCriminalsMonstersPunishmentHorribleThat MomentPenaltiesPrivate LifeDeath PenaltyConfinedLife DeathCapital Punishment Author:Albert Camus
“While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.” MayStillsWarChurchOpinionArmsExerciseAuthorityDiversityMercyRegardCatholicCriminalsPunishmentAbortionPenaltiesDeath PenaltyDiscretionImposingEuthanasiaCapital PunishmentRecourseAggressorsPeace Not WarWaging War Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. He bore the judgment we deserve in order to bring us the forgiveness we do not deserve. On the cross divine mercy and justice were equally expressed and eternally reconciled. God's holy love was 'satisfied.'” OrderChristJusticeDivineHolyJudgmentDeserveCrossesMercyPaidSatisfiedGod LoveBoresPenaltiesDisobedienceDivine Mercy Book:The cross Source: The cross
“Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.” Life IsFoundPromiseMercyCommandmentsPenaltiesDeclaration Author:John Calvin
“In order to receive forgiveness, we need to place our trust in Christ as our Savior and the Lord of our lives. But if we reject Christ, then we reject God's mercy and fall back on His justice. And you know where you stand there. If we reject Jesus' offer of forgiveness, then there is simply is no one else to pay the penalty for your sin-except yourself.” IfsKnowsNeedsOrderFallJesusChristJusticeSinPayLordOur LivesOffersMercyRejectsSaviorPenaltiesFall BackWhere You Stand Author:William Lane Craig