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Murder: Homicides
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In Abrahamic religions, the prohibition against murder is one of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses. (Exodus: 20v13) (Deuteronomy 5v17) (See Murder in the Bible.) Interestingly, the Vulgate, and subsequent early English translations of the bible, uses the word kill rather than murder. In recent times, biblical scholars have identified and corrected this discrepancy in modern biblical translations. Consequently, Christian churches have some doctrinal differences about what forms of homicide are prohibited biblically, though all agree murder is. Similar prohibitions against murder are found in other religious traditions.
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The Church's concern about murder is both more fundamental and broader than that found in legal definitions. Legal categories of homicide, such as manslaughter or negligent homicide (which typically involve carelessness or mitigating factors), are not necessarily murder, whereas killings involving extremely reckless conduct or "felony murder" may be.
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Under element (iv) felony-murder doctrine, the felony committed must be an inherently dangerous felony, such as burglary, arson, rape, robbery or kidnapping. Importantly, the underlying felony cannot be a lesser-included offense such as assault, otherwise all homicides would be murder as all homicides are felonies.
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