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Originally Posted by JohnKSa
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...renounce all violence--that also, was Christ's message.
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There is no way a person who told his followers: "if you don't have a sword, go buy one" could be advocating that people "renounce all violence".
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I hate to get into this niggling, but I've seen that paraphrase of Scripture too many times. Last Sunday's liturgy at my home church included the recount of the Passion according to the Gospel according to Luke. I decided to go and reread the whole Chapter instead of taking the one line out of context. The context of Luke 22 is advice to his disciples since they would meet opposition to their preachings, and is meant in a metaphorical sense. Later in the chapter, one of the Apostles slashes the ear of the high priest's servant, which Jesus rebukes him for doing and tells his men not to resist and heals the man's ear. His Eternal Message was "Love thy neighbor."