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
We feel bound explicitly to avow our unshaken persuasion that all war is utterly incompatible with plain precepts of our divine Lord and Law-giver, and the whole spirit of His Gospel, and that no plea of necessity or policy, however urgent or peculiar, can avail to...
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
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
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
But I say to you that hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you (Luke 6:27-28). With these words, Jesus placed an eternal obstacle in the way of war. This obstacle has been repeatedly pushed aside...
