Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas supported the death penalty

Jesus explained that it was preferable to be punished with the death penalty than to face the eternal punishment that awaits those who corrupt the weak and cause them to stumble.

Luke 17:2
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas Pro death …

Saint Thomas Aquinas, in the *Summa Theologiae*, teaches that heretics render themselves worthy not only of excommunication but also of physical extermination.
In his *Summa Theologiae*, he writes: "In the case of heretics, two aspects must be considered: one on their part, and the other on the part of the Church. On their part, there is indeed a sin whereby they have merited not only separation from the Church through excommunication, but also exclusion from the world THROUGH DEATH." "However, on the part of the Church, there is mercy in favor of the conversion of those who err; and for this reason, they are not condemned summarily, but rather after a first and second admonition (Titus 3:10), as the Apostle teaches. Yet, after this—should the heretic remain obstinate—the Church, having lost all hope of his conversion, looks to the salvation of others and separates him from herself by a sentence of excommunication. Furthermore, she proceeds even further by handing him over to the secular judgment for his EXTERMINATION FROM THE WORLD THROUGH DEATH."

The heresiarch Bergoglio professed the heresy against the death penalty in Argentina.

Catholic scholars urged the cardinals to correct Francis's heresy regarding the death penalty.

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la verdad prevalece19 hours ago

Catena Aurea:
Saint Jerome
When the Lord says: "It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, etc.," He employs the language customary in that province; for it was the custom among the ancient Jews to punish the most heinous criminals by casting them into the sea bound to a stone—a punishment that was, in fact, preferable for them. For it is far better to undergo a brief punishment than to be reserved to suffer eternal torments.

la verdad prevalece19 hours ago

Saint John Chrysostom, homiliae in Matthaeum, hom. 58: After this, to obtain yet more acceptance for His saying, He establishes it not by the honor only, but also by the punishment. For as they, says He, who honor these for my sake, have heaven, or rather an honor greater than the very kingdom; even so they likewise who dishonor them (for this is to offend them), shall suffer the extremity of punishment. And marvel thou not at His calling the affront an offense; for many feeble-minded persons have suffered no ordinary offense from being treated with slight and insult. To heighten therefore and aggravate the blame, He states the mischief arising therefrom. And He does not go on to express the punishment in the same way, but from the things familiar to us, He indicates how intolerable it is. For when He would touch the grosser sort most sharply, He brings sensible images. Wherefore here also, meaning to indicate the greatness of the punishment they shall undergo, and to strike into the arrogance of those that despise them, He brought forward a kind of sensible punishment, that of the millstone, and of the drowning. Yet surely it were suitable to what had gone before to have said, He that receives not one of these little ones, receives not me; a thing bitterer than any punishment; but since the very unfeeling, and exceeding gross, were not so much penetrated by this, terrible as it is, He puts a millstone, and a drowning. And He said not, A millstone shall be hanged about his neck, but, It were better for him to undergo this; implying that another evil, more grievous than this, awaits him; and if this be unbearable, much more that.

chris griffin16 hours ago

Good thief on the cross accepted his death sentence as just...
"And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds;"

la verdad prevalece19 hours ago

Jesus endorsed the death penalty to protect the innocent from depraved men who seek to corrupt them or cause them to sin.
Matthew 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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la verdad prevalece19 hours ago

In Titus 3:10–11, Paul warns against heretics—perverted and sinful individuals—emphasizing their self-condemnation. He asserts that such persons are perverted and sinful, indicating a moral degradation and a refusal to repent. The passage highlights the importance of sound doctrine and unity within the church, urging believers to avoid those who promote heretical teachings.
Titus 3:10-11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:
Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.
Apostate Robert Prevost endorses Bergoglio’s heresies:
Prevost repeats three heresies in a row: the apostate blasphemy that God blesses the sin of sodomy and adultery, and the attack against capital punishment—which has biblical foundations.
Prevost again endorses Bergoglio’s heresy of ‘infinite dignity’
Prevost once again confirms that he possesses the element of obstinacy which establishes him as a manifest, pertinacious, and formal heretic.
Note, furthermore, that it was the African bishops who opposed the pro-homosexual pamphlet *Fiducia Supplicans*, and it is upon returning from his anti-apostolic trip to Africa that he endorses it.
Apostate Prevost is a formal manifest heretic, …
The Magisterium of the Church has decreed that the elevation of a heretic to the papacy, even if he were elected by all the cardinals, is invalid and null.
Catholic Encyclopedia 1914 (Vol. 11, p. 456):
“It is very clear that the election [as Pope] of a heretic, schismatic or woman would be null and void.”