April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
Position on Military Service Christians are called to be peacemakers. No sane person wants war. Yet history and political conditions indicate that war in this fallen world is inevitable. There are biblical arguments for and against adhering to a pacifist position...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
SEMEON MATVEICH UKLEIN The primary preceptor of the Russian Molokans was Semeon Uklein, who preached from 1760 to 1805 throughout central Russia. Uklein met Matvei Semeonovich Dalmatov, a teacher of the Judaizers several years his senior, and converted him over to his...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
POPE JOHN PAUL II ON VIOLENCE AND LAW . . .How is the very noble “principle of non-violence” to be evaluated, in the framework of law in general and canon law in particular? It should be pointed out in the first place that this principle, already not alien...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
Christian Reformed Church in North America I. Committee to Study War and Peace A. Materials: Committee to Study War and Peace Report including Appendices, pp. 381-452 B. Recommendations 1. That synod approve the following moral statements and direct the executive...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
On Supporting Legal Reforms and Redress for Conscientious Objectors Whereas, The 181st General Assembly (1969), in its pronouncement on War, Peace and Conscience, supported the rights of conscientious objectors to participation in war, and urged the provision in law...
