Essays on Peace & War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Me. New Series |
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... army for nearly the two first centuries ; but it is true , on the other hand , that they had declined the mili- tary profession , as one in which it was not lawful for them to engage . " This is proved by four kinds of evidence . 1 ...
... army for nearly the two first centuries ; but it is true , on the other hand , that they had declined the mili- tary profession , as one in which it was not lawful for them to engage . " This is proved by four kinds of evidence . 1 ...
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... army ; for that he had become a chris- tian . " It is not lawful , " says he , " for a christian , who is the servant of Christ the Lord , to bear arms for any earthly considera- tion . " After a delay of more than three months in ...
... army ; for that he had become a chris- tian . " It is not lawful , " says he , " for a christian , who is the servant of Christ the Lord , to bear arms for any earthly considera- tion . " After a delay of more than three months in ...
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... army , pleading the same prin- ciple . Martin , of whom Sulpicius Severus says so much , had been bred to the profession of arms , but on his conversion to christianity , declined . it . In the answer , which he gave to Julian the ...
... army , pleading the same prin- ciple . Martin , of whom Sulpicius Severus says so much , had been bred to the profession of arms , but on his conversion to christianity , declined . it . In the answer , which he gave to Julian the ...
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... army would sustain an injury which might be dangerous to the state . " Surely , Sire , this is equivalent to saying , that men who are imbued with religious principles , or Christians , are unfit for the military service . If the ...
... army would sustain an injury which might be dangerous to the state . " Surely , Sire , this is equivalent to saying , that men who are imbued with religious principles , or Christians , are unfit for the military service . If the ...
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... army , " I would not suffer priests there , for I do not like a religious sol- dier . " Bonaparte's soldiers were the most victorious of any in the world , and certainly they were the most wicked . He agrees with the opinion I expressed ...
... army , " I would not suffer priests there , for I do not like a religious sol- dier . " Bonaparte's soldiers were the most victorious of any in the world , and certainly they were the most wicked . He agrees with the opinion I expressed ...
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