"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."
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John Howard Yoder
John Howard Yoder (December 29, 1927 β December 30, 1997) was an American theologian and ethicist best known for his defense of Christian pacifism. Allegations that
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