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The Catholic Church's Own Complicated History with Suicide

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While for most of the Church’s history suicide has been considered a grave crime, there were many in the early church whose deaths sound a lot like suicide.

Candida Moss

Published Dec. 23 2018 10:37AM EST

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Candida Moss

Candida Moss

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