Roland Bainton notes that ‘ from the end of the New Testament period to the decade A.D. 170 - 180 there is no evidence whatever of Christians in the army ’ (Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace [Abingdon, 1960], pp.
( Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace [עמדת המשיחיים בנוגע למלחמה ושלום], אבינגדון, 1960, עמודים 67, 68)...