Should a Christian Fight? - Chapter IX - May 1962

Leroy Neff

The consequences of the great compromise of the fourth century, which was discussed earlier, have been untold human suffering and woe! History has recorded the results of this mistake. The facts are terrible and hard to imagine. Those facts are going to be given in this chapter. God's instructions about fighting are clear and plain. The early Catholic Church of the first few centuries had accepted this teaching. As a result many were persecuted and martyred. Under Constantine's protection, the church no longer was persecuted. Then the church rejected Christ's teachings against fighting which they had previously followed, and taught the doctrines of men instead. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library