Early Christian attitudes to war, violence and military service /

The early Christians were not of one mind when it came to war, violence and military service. There was a bewildering variety of opinion as to how they understood their place in the world. It seems however that generally they did not stand apart from society. On the contrary, they were happy to inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Iosif, Despina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]
Colección:Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 1.
Temas:
30-600
War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Soldiers > Religious life > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Soldiers > Religious life.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Militaires > Vie religieuse.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Soldiers > Religious life
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
War > Religious aspects > Christianity
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. JESUS AND THE EVANGELISTS OR LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
  • 3. POSITIVE SOURCES
  • 4. THE SILENT SOURCES. FROM HIM COME THE KINGS AND THE RULERS AND THE GOVERNORS
  • 5. DILEMMAS FOR THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR PERFECTION OR TO SERVE OR NOT TO SERVE? OR BREAK OFF THE TIES THAT BIND AND ENTANGLE YOU IN THIS WORLD
  • 6. NEGATIVE SOURCES
  • 7. COUNCILS OR THOSE WHO THROW AWAY THEIR ARMS IN TIMES OF PEACE SHOULD BE KEPT FROM COMMUNION
  • 8. EPILOGUE
  • 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • 10. APPENDIX A. OTHER POSSIBLE EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE
  • 11. APPENDIX B.A SELECTION OF THE SOURCES DISCUSSED
  • INDEX

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