Christian thinkers have, over the past 20 centuries, developed a variety of views on when/how immoral actions should be tolerated by the state (and left to divi

Christian thinkers have, over the past 20 centuries, developed a variety of views on when/how immoral actions should be tolerated by the state (and left to divine judgment) versus their being actively prosecuted. There is a fascinating essay on the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas – one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western Christian thought – as it pertains to the toleration of prostitution: Aquinas on the Practice of Prostitution http://www.illinoismedieval.org/ems/VOL13/13ch4.html http://www.illinoismedieval.org/ems/VOL13/13ch4.html