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According to the Old Testament, these are the offenses which merit the [[death penalty]]:
According to the Old Testament, these are the offenses which merit the [[death penalty]]:
# Worshiping a false god ([[Deuteronomy]] 13:6-10)
# Sacrificing to false gods ([[Exodus]] 22:20)
# Sacrificing children to Molech ([[Leviticus]] 20:2)
# [[Blasphemy]] (Leviticus 24:16)
# Desecrating the [[Sabbath]] (Exodus31:15)
# False [[Prophecy]] (Deuteronomy 13:5)
# [[Witchcraft]] (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27)
# Cursing Parents (Exodus 21:17)
# Rebellious Sons (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
# Disobedience to judgments by authority established God (Deuteronomy 17:9-13)
# False witness in a capital crime (Deuteronomy 19:16-20)
# [[Murder]] ([[Exodus]] 21:12, 21:15)
# [[Murder]] ([[Exodus]] 21:12, 21:15)
# Kidnapping to sell into slavery ([[Exodus]] 21:16)
# Negligent [[homicide]] Exodus 21:29)
# Cursing Parents ([[Exodus]] 21:17)
# [[Homosexual]] intercourse ([[Leviticus 18]]:22, 20:13)
# Bestiality (Leviticus 20:15)
# Desecrating the [[Sabbath]] ([[Exodus]] 31:15)
# [[Adultery]] (Leviticus 20:10; 19:20)
# [[Adultery]] ([[Leviticus]] 20:10, [[Leviticus]] 19:20)
# Incest (Leviticus 20:11; (from Moses onward: [[Genesis]] 19:33,35; 4:17)
# Sacrificing children to Molech ([[Leviticus]] 20:2)
# Sex with a woman betrothed to another (Deuteronomy 22:25)
# Un[[chastity]]; marriage under false pretense of virginity (Deuteronomy 22:21-24)
# Sex with a woman betrothed to another ([[Deuteronomy]] 22:25)
# False witness in a capital crime ([[Deuteronomy]] 19:16-20)
# Daughter of a priest becoming a prostitute ([[Leviticus]] 21:9)
# Daughter of a priest becoming a prostitute ([[Leviticus]] 21:9)
# Juvenile delinquency ([[Deuteronomy]] 21:18-21)
# Kidnapping to sell into slavery (Exodus 21:16)
# Sacrificing to false gods ([[Exodus]] 22:20)
# Coveting and making a wicked thing one's possession (Deuteronomy 7:26; [[Joshua]] 7:15,25)
The term "put to death" or similar explicit terms are usually used in commands mandating capital punishment, though the term "cut off from his people" (Lev. 17:4, etc.) may also denote such,<ref>Dr. John Gill (1690-1771) on Lv. 17:4, 14</ref> and which would increase the number of capital offenses.<ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/TheDeathPenalty.html</ref>
Conditions necessary for true conviction:
"At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." (Deuteronomy 17:6; cf. Exodus 20:16)
Requirements for Judges:
Lev 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Few people support capital punishment for non-murder offenses, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the [[New Testament]] nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>
Few people support capital punishment for non-murder offenses, and a number of Christians oppose the death penalty in all cases. Apologist [[JP Holding]] argues that the Bible including the [[New Testament]] nowhere repudiates the use of capital punishment, but that it does not necessarily mandate its use, either. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/cappun.html</ref>
Acts states "And surely if a man shall kill another, he shall be put to the death".
In Acts 25:11, the [[apostle Paul]] stated, "...if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die", while Romans 13:1-5 states that God has ordained the just use of the sword by the government. (cf. 1 Pet. 2:14)
==== Catechism of the Catholic Church====
==== Catechism of the Catholic Church====