[lit-ideas] Re: The de-islamization of Europe
- From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:26:41 -0400
Lawrence Helm wrote:
"[The Early Church is] the period of the church that we know least about.
But it is reasonable that Christians would be discouraged by the Church from
joining the Army during the reigns of Emperors bent upon wiping them out.
As soon as Christianity was legitimized however, Christians were in the
Roman Armies in enormous numbers."
This is a rationalization. To respond in kind, being tempted by the power
of empire, it is reasonable that Christians would abandon their original
beliefs and take up the sword. However, there would always remain a remnant
that would hold fast to the original teachings of Christ. Some among those
who had been seduced by the power of empire would even claim that being a
remnant was evidence of being wrong, forgetting how Christ was abandoned by
his disciples to be left alone in the Garden.
Sincerely,
well kinda,
Phil Enns
Glen Haven, NS
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