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Originally Posted by aegsm76
Mich - can you give me your source for the early Christians resigning from political and military positions?
If it was that important than please explain the silence concerning Cornelius state after he converted.
Also, the founding fathers would be termed as "religious zealots" in today's society.
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I don't currently have access to the book that I read, but this blog provides a good list of quotes from many early Christian writers regarding Military service.
http://taddelay.com/blog/13501343#.U-UKsvldXnA
The Second is the best I could currently find on the not holding public office and why, if you read the bottom two thirds of the page and the first paragraph of the next page, you can see that it was obviously a contested occupation.
http://books.google.com/books?id=vgG...office&f=false
Regarding Cornelius: You could say, if it was so important, why doesn't Peter tell him "Oh, and now stop being a soldier?" I can't fault you there, the Bible is silent on a great many things it could have been a lot more explicit about (if it were actually intended to be a inerrant all-authoritative life manual), but Jesus said many things on the topic...i.e. turning the other cheek, those who live by the sword, die by the sword, and he reiterated the commandment against killing.
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