Jesus the warrior? : historical Christian perspectives & problems on the morality of war & the waging of peace / by W. Michael Slattery.

The early followers of Christ desisted from carrying and using weapons that threaten and cause physical violence. None of the Church leaders and patristic writers was in favor of participating in armies and militias. But by the fourth century CE, with Christianity becoming the dominant religion in E...

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Main Author: Slattery, W. Michael (William Michael), 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, ©2007.
Series:Marquette studies in theology ; #53.
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