Ancient Quote by N. T. Wright
“Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.”
“Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.”
![“[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.” quote by Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37b/edward-gibbon-710_community_the-penalty-of-death-was-abolished-in-th_414077.jpg)
