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Were the first Catholics pacifist

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Anonymous

∙ 17y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes. The early Christians (whom we consider also to be the first Catholics) often refused to be inducted into the Roman army. They did this for two reasons: (1) the Roman army required its members to sacrifice to the pagan gods, which Christians refused to do; and (2) at times the Roman army officers would issue commands that Christians felt were deplorable, such as to slaughter unarmed civilians.

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∙ 17y ago

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