Talk:Christian views on suicide

I took this out of "Early Christianity"
"Many Christians believe in the sanctity of human life, a principle which, broadly speaking, says that all human life is sacred – a wonderful, miraculous creation of the divine God – and every effort must be made to save and preserve it whenever possible. Therefore, the deliberate taking of one's life would be incompatible with this world view."

I'm sure that's the case in 2009 (although there is no reference to a reliable source), but what does it have to do with Early Christianity? No Early Christians are alive to currently "believe in the sanctity of human life"? And was this "sanctity of human life" really a big deal at a time when bishops were saying things like "kill them all, God will know his own" and when Popes poisoned their rivals and drugged their mistresses so they'd abort? --NellieBly (talk) 06:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Denial of funeral for Catholics who commit suicide
Under Catholic teaching, found in the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Catholics who willingly commit suicide are to be denied a funeral and ecclesiastical burial. Should I go ahead and include this? If I get no major objection, I will add it in with the proper citations.--Minimidgy (talk) 08:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Long time later, but generally speaking it's a bad idea to add these things based on WP:Primary sources such as the code itself. For this specific example see this discussion [//canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/canonical-consequences-for-suicide/]    for why your interpretation of the code may be different from how it's generally interpreted. Note that per those sources, unlike the 1917 code, the 1983 code doesn't explicitly forbid funeral and ecclesiastical burial in cases of suicide anyway. Nil Einne (talk) 04:27, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Early Christian views on suicide
Christianity has NOT always been critical of suicide, the sixth commandment argument was first brought up by St. Augustine in the 5th century, in response to young women taking their lives after being raped or to prevent its occurrence, which had previously been quite well accepted. That's almost 400 years after the foundation of the religion, and just after the time that "early Christianity" is considered to have ended. This artical needs cleaning up.216.195.175.63 (talk) 21:06, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

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Article doesn’t focus enough on Protestantism
The article heavily focuses on the Catholic Church rather than Protestantism. Martin Luther was neutral on the issue. Some churches believe it to not be a sin or take no stance. The article lacks a non-catholic perspective. 75.97.137.234 (talk) 18:03, 9 May 2018 (UTC)