The Early Christian Attitude to War

The Early Christian Attitude to War Synopsis

Excerpt from The Early Christian Attitude to War: A Contribution to the History of Christian Ethics

Here, then, is a subject on which we need clear light, and this excellent piece of research certainly brings considerable illumination; it is a subject that will not cease to vex the Church until we have decided either to make as unequivocal a condemnation of war as we have of slavery, or to abandon altogether any profession of whole-hearted allegiance to the Christian faith.

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