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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1880495" data-attributes="member: 5328">Indeed. But tens of thousands of Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers, Teutonic Knights, Knights of St Thomas Acon, Mercedarian Knights, Knight of Calatreva, Knights of Alcantara, Knights of Santiago, Knights of Aviz, and Knights of Sao Thiago found ways to reconcile the two. If you are interested in this rationalisation, I suggest that you Google up a copy of In Praise of the New Knighthood by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. You might also be interested in Saint Augustine of Hippo's theory of 'Just War', which is outlined in The City of God."While loathing the destruction and loss of life that attend war, Augustine nonetheless believed that a "just war" might be preferable to an unjust peace. Drawing on the apostle Paul's New Testament injunction to submit to governing authorities, "who do not bear the sword for nothing" (cf. Romans 13:1-7), Augustine recognized biblical mandates for individuals to love their neighbors (to the point of renouncing self-defense) even while defending government's duty to preserve civic peace and to secure justice. He maintained that use of force is necessary—though always regrettable—in a fallen world in order to restrain evil, but that its ultimate goal must be to restore peace. "Regards,Agback</blockquote>