Biblical Defense of Pacifism/Self-Defense

[timothy 1769]

Originally posted by Matt Black:
If use of violence by the Christian is justifiable, and if the NT is normative for establishing Christian ethics and behaviour, then one would expect it to justify violence, at least in self-defence. Can anyone find an example of this in the NT, or indeed any Christian serving in the military prior to Constantine?

Yours in Christ

Matt

Cornelius, Acts 10. I wonder what he did after Peter left?

 

[go2church]

The soldier image is simply using the common things of the day to make a point. Roman soldiers where a very common sight of the day.

In all likelyhood Cornelius was relieved of duty because at this time the Roman government considered the Christians as traitors.