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“In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) I argue that Jesus and Paul instruct Christians to love and bless their enemies and to unconditionally refrain from violence (e.g. Matt 5:39-45; Rom 12:14-21). Moreover, I argue that this was the prevailing attitude of Christians prior to the fourth...

“He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God’s hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself.” - C.H. Spurgeon

I’m glad to hear you checked out the Early Christian Writings website. I’m opposed to Gnosticism and mildly surprised that you aren’t.

“If one simply looks to the New Testament, there is an abundance of evidence in favor of pacifism … I think in terms of the New Testament, the message is clear, and I simply do not understand those who think that violence is at all compatible with the New Testament teaching. Over and over...

“… Christianity was born as a pacifistic religion. Jesus of Nazareth and his early followers preached radical nonviolence, and for three hundred years after his crucifixion Christian leaders were unambiguously opposed to warfare of any kind. The evidence for Christian pacifism begins with the...

I used AI to search for “Schools which are named after pacifists.” A suggestion for you: Use AI to search for schools named after pacifists. Once you find them for yourself - and you will - then revisit your post and revise your statement accordingly.

”Jesus of the Bible” doesn’t look like you portray him. He modeled it for us. The crusaders weren’t typically martyrs. What they actually did was to treat others the way they didn’t want others to treat them. Compare that with the Golden Rule. There are, in fact, many schools named after...

When the Catholic crusader / inquisitor mind collided with the Anabaptist pacifist mind ... an example, not for the faint of heart. ”On May 21, 1527, former Benedictine monk turned Anabaptist evangelist Michael Sattler (1490-1527) was gruesomely executed for the crime of theological heresy. …...

“Anabaptism is a Christian tradition that emerged in the 16th century during the Protestant Reformation. While Anabaptism has its roots in historical Christianity, it has some distinct beliefs and practices that sets it apart from other Christian traditions. … Anabaptists believed that the...

If “Anabaptist” had been a registration option here, that is how I would have registered. Since it isn’t, and since I’m neither Catholic nor Protestant, I requested a change in my registration from “Christian” to “Other Faith”. Administration graciously approved my request.

“But the magisterial reformers, who merged church and state, had one strong argument on their side: tradition. History recorded that the last one thousand years was filled with this marriage between two strange bedfellows. Now the Anabaptists wanted a divorce between the couple which had seen...

I’ve mentioned elsewhere that my faith is located in certain groups in the Anabaptist movement. The following information will help interested readers better understand my position, whether they agree with it or not. ”These men and women were not political revolutionaries engaging in anarchy...

A “new model;” a convenient redefinition of the term “martyrdom”. ”Extract The First Crusade was an important episode in the history of martyrdom. While some of the crusaders were martyrs in the old style, giving up their lives rather than renounce Christ, the expedition established in the...

Continuing with the teaching presented by Pastor Robinson (whom I’d never heard of and knew nothing at all about until this afternoon) begun in post #2018 - “Put simply, when the officials came to arrest Jesus in Gethsemane, they happened upon an armed band of men hanging out in a grove of...