Catechism of the Catholic Church
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2263 The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. "The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one's own life; and the killing of the aggressor.... The one is intended, the other is not." 65
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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST |
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SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS |
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CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
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I. RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE |
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65 St. Thomas Aquinas, STh II-II, 64, 7, corp. art.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.