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N O T N I A B . H ROLAND
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PEACE ROLAND
H. BAINTON
Pacifism, the just war, the crusade— in a masterly historical survey, Dr. Bainton examines the development of the Church’s attitudes to war through the centuries, and evaluates these attitudes in the light of modern methods of warfare.
With doubtful exceptions, pacifism was the Christian rule up to the time of Constantine. Since then two forms of war have been found consistent with Christian teaching: the just war and the crusade. As war has become more destructive and l