Pre-Constantinian Christians had been pacifists, rejecting the violence of army and empire not only because they had no share of power, but because they considered it morally wrong; the post-Constantinian Christians considered imperial violence to be not only morally tolerable but a positive good and a Christian duty.


p. 135 - The Priestly Kingdom (1984)

John Howard Yoder Quotes

Pre-Constantinian Christians had been pacifists, rejecting the violence of army and empire not only because they had no share of power, but because...

Pre-Constantinian Christians had been pacifists, rejecting the violence of army and empire not only because they had no share of power, but because...

Pre-Constantinian Christians had been pacifists, rejecting the violence of army and empire not only because they had no share of power, but because...

Pre-Constantinian Christians had been pacifists, rejecting the violence of army and empire not only because they had no share of power, but because...