he gave himself up to death when faced with his own enemies

Jesus teaches the crowds gathered at the sermon on the mount to love your enemies and pray fro those who persecute you

he further rejects the use of violence by his followers when he is being captured.

there is a clear tension between promoting peace and fighting in response to injustice, and Christian responses vary accordingly

this is the complete and absolute rejection of violence

for some, including Christians, a commitment to achieving peace requires a total rejection of violence, conflict and war

these methods may include sanctions, protests and boycotts

some Christians are pacifists because they believe that god requires us to love one another and the bible include our enemies

conditional pacifist argue that there are times when the consequences of an act of war are less bad then the alternative

In such cases the act of war is considered necessary, though ideally no civilian should be killed

Both catholic and Anglican churches accept that war is sometimes necessary to achieve peace

neither promotes the use of violence, but both acknowledgement that there are circumstances when it is acceptable

there are several entries to the old testament when god tells his people to prepare for war

But the bible does give Christians the task of aiming for peace and seeking a time when people will not fight

the idea of a just war theory is that when a war is fought it ought to meet certain criteria in order to be justifiable

emp Constantine calls upon St Augustine to come up with something that would allow Christians to fight against the barbarians

For many Christians the just war theory provides a way of accepting war when all other options have been exhausted

the war must be started by a proper authority

the reasons for going to war must be just- protection of a nation

everything must be done to make sure good instead of evil results from the war

the catholic church alter added more criteria

the war must be the last resort, every other way must have first been exhausted

the force used must not be more than required to win and civilians shouldn't be targeted

internationally-agreed conventions regulating war must be obeyed

helping retain police and military in a defeated country where a bad government has been defeated. if not his will cause a power vacuum.

most would accept a war if it were justified by the just war standards