Originally taken from an article I had published in Ploughshares and written while studying at Highland Theological College.

References and other useful resources:

Acta Martyrum (Ratisborn, 1859)

Cadoux, The Early Christian Attitude to War: A Contribution to the History of Christian Ethics (Headley Bros: London 1919)

Constitution of the Oberlin Non - Resistance Society (www.nonresitance.org 17/01/09)

Dresser The Bible Against War (Oberlin: Ohio, 2006)

Dymond ‘The Early Christians on the subject of war’ (1821) An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity

Gillman A Light that is Shining: an introduction to the Quakers (Quaker Books: London, 2003)

Kurlansky Nonviolence (Jonathan Cape: London, 2006)

Lock ‘Transcribers’ notes’, Pacificus A Solemn Review of the Customs of War (Oberlin: Ohio, 2007)

Meyer The Pacifist Conscience (Rupert Hart - Davis Ltd: London, 1966)

Molnar A study of Peter Chelcický’s Life and Translation of from Czech of part one of his Net of Faith (Berkeley: California, 1947)

Pacificus A Solemn Review of the Customs of War (Oberlin: Ohio, 2007)

Penn Address to the American Indians (1682) cited in Meyer The Pacifist Conscience (Rupert Hart - Davis Ltd: London, 1966)

Ringma Resist the Powers (Albatross, 1995)

Vanier Finding Peace (Continuum: London, 2003)

Water Moral Choices Made Simple (Hunt Ltd, 2002)

Whelpley Letters addressed to Caleb Strong ESQ (The Elm Street Printing Company, 1870)