Español Français Ελληνικά Русский Português 中文（简体） 中文（繁體）
Quotations & Writings
> Biblical Reference > Historical Precedents > Quotations & Writings > Commentary
> Home > Quotations & Writings > Sanctity of Life > Euthanasia & Suicide
Search
> Category
Sanctity of Life
Topic: Euthanasia & Suicide

Life is a precious gift from God. It is His to take, and the Church must resist society’s pressure to end it with homicide even when it becomes onerous, whether to oneself or others.
Articles
TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Euthanasia & Suicide" public
"The Hippocratic Oath" -- Hippocrates of Cos (4th Century B.C.)
"Suicide Is Murder: The Testimony of the Early Church" -- (2nd – 4th centuries)
"Suicide: A Three-fold Sin" -- Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 1274)
"Self-murderers are worse than the brute-creatures" -- Thomas Watson (c. 1620 – 1686)
"Self-Murder" -- Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687)
"Did Samson Commit Suicide?" -- Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687) public
"Christian Contemplates Suicide" -- John Bunyan (1628 - 1688)
"Darwin's Shocking, and Revealing, Subtitle" -- Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882)
"'God Himself has done it; we are satisfied with Him.'" -- George Müller (1805 – 1898)
"American Eugenicists, an Inspiration to Hitler" -- C. M. Goethe (1875 – 1966)
"Euthanasia the Real Agenda?" -- Charles Potter (1885 – 1962)
"Death Rather than Sin" -- Bishop Graf von Galen (1878 – 1946)
"Alleged Social Reformers" -- Fr. Richard Downey (1881 – 1953)
"Euthanasia Is Murder" -- Karl Barth (1886 - 1968)
"Correcting Nature’s Mistakes" -- Foster Kennedy (1884 – 1952)
"Giving the Elderly Real Life" -- Francis Schaeffer (1912 – 1984)
"Abortion and the Logic of Consumerism" -- Walker Percy (1916 – 1990)
"Personal Control over Your Final Exit?" -- Derek Humphry (1930 – )
"Doctor Says, "Do No Harm'" -- Professor Lord McColl of Dulwich (1933 - )
"The Decline of Death" -- Richard John Neuhaus (1936 – 2009)
"Exposing the Enemies of Life" -- George Pell (1941 – )
"Bishop Seeks to Kill Euthanasia Bill" -- Christopher Herbert (1944 – )
"The Logic of Over the Counter Suicide" -- Philip Nitschke (1947 – )