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:::In this case, the Church has endorsed the death penalty for nearly 2000 years, and not simply to prevent recurrence of a crime. Heretics were cremated for reasons having to do with the nature of their evil, for example, just as the death penalty today applies to deal with particularly heinous evil. The cited phrase from an encyclical does not address this, and should not be read to detract from this long-accepted Church doctrine.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:29, 27 May 2009 (EDT
:::In this case, the Church has endorsed the death penalty for nearly 2000 years, and not simply to prevent recurrence of a crime. Heretics were cremated for reasons having to do with the nature of their evil, for example, just as the death penalty today applies to deal with particularly heinous evil. The cited phrase from an encyclical does not address this, and should not be read to detract from this long-accepted Church doctrine.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 11:29, 27 May 2009 (EDT
::::Mr Schlafly, are you saying that burning those heretics was the right thing to do? I apologise if I've misunderstood, but what you've written could be interpreted that way.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (EDT)
==Lincoln a Conservative?==
==Lincoln a Conservative?==