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“There is, moreover, one text - the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus - which proves that the Church expressed itself officially on this subject, and that it clearly condemned in the army the homicidal violence which is its fundamental character.” (Jean-Michel, It Is Not Lawful For Me To Fight...

“You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” “As for Origen, he - when responding to the pagan Celsus’ accusation that the Christians were bad citizens because rejected military service (‘If everyone were to do the same as you, the … earthly things would come into the power...

“You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” “The hand that has held the Eucharist must not be sullied by the blood-stained sword.” (Cyprian, On the Advantage of Patience, 14)

Chapter 4 of Dr. Hornus’ book is titled “Christian Soldiers and Soldier Saints”. He begins the chapter with this comment - ”Nobody would contest the fact that there were Christians in the Roman army. But it is important first of all to determine the dates at which the earliest documents...

I was looking for more recent discussion of the legend of the Theban Legion this morning and came across a paper written by Dr. David Woods in 1994. I‘ve skimmed it but haven’t had time to read the entire paper yet. The paper concludes with this summary - “To summarize, there is little doubt...

“If we are counted among the redeemed, we are content to be odd and alone in this world.” - C.H. Spurgeon

I read about it last night. Dr. Hornus discussed it in It Is Not Lawful For Me To Fight. An excerpt - “The text in question the Passion of the Martyrs of Agaunum - relates the story of the martyrdom of St. Maurice and the Theban Legion. The events it chronicles purport to go back to the...

“You need to grow; you will not grow without trials. Suffering is God’s school for you.” - C.H. Spurgeon

“Christian preaching was reaching even those who lived outside the confines of the Roman Empire. In fact, one of the reasons why the Christians refused to fight was that they might kill a brother in the faith among the barbarians whom the Romans were fighting.” (Jean-Michel Hornus, It Is Not...

“In his Homily on St. Lucian, St. John Chrysostom observed that the martyrs had responded to all of the magistrate’s questions with the identical phrase, ‘I am a Christian.’ He then commented, ‘He who answers thus has declared everything at once - his country, profession, family; the believer...

“A primary qualification for serving God is a sense of our own weakness.” - C.H. Spurgeon

Christianity is the religion of peace.