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Many Christians have become increasingly sensitive to the destructiveness of war. They are recognizing wars limited ability as a public policy instrument. They are acknowleding the social, economic, and spiritual consequences of preparing to wage war. These concerns have begun to revive the conscience of the church in new ways. This text contends that peacemaking is essential to Christian discipleship. It is the vocation of the church as a whole. Moving beyond the traditional debate around pacifism. This statement seeks dialogue concerning a renewed vision of the entire purpose of God in the world. In A Declaration on Peace, Brethren, Friends, Mennonites, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation seek conversation with Christians everywhere on peace, war, militarism, and justice. The book offers an ecumenical dialogue on the morality of war grounded in a biblical vision common to all Christian communions.

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title:A Declaration On Peace : In God's People the World's Renewal Has Begun : a Contribution to Ecumenical Dialogue
author:Gwyn, Douglas
publisher:Herald Press
isbn10 | asin:0836135415
print isbn13:9780836135411
ebook isbn13:9780585242231
language:English
subjectPeace--Religious aspects--Historic peace churches, War--Religious aspects--Historic peace churches, Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity, Historic peace churches--Doctrines, Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Just war doctrine, Interdenominational
publication date:1991
lcc:BT736.4.D32 1991eb
ddc:261.8/73
subject:Peace--Religious aspects--Historic peace churches, War--Religious aspects--Historic peace churches, Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity, Historic peace churches--Doctrines, Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Just war doctrine, Interdenominational
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A Declaration on Peace
In God's People the World's Renewal Has Begun
Douglas Gwyn
George Hunsinger
Eugene F. Roop
John Howard Yoder
A contribution to ecumenical dialogue
sponsored by
Church of the Brethren
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Mennonite Central Committee
Friends General Conference
Page 4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A Declaration - photo 2
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A Declaration on peace : in God's people the world's renewal has begun :
a contribution to ecumenical dialogue / by Douglas Gwyn ... [et al.] ;
sponsored by Church of the Brethren ... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8361-3541-5 (alk. paper)
1. PeaceReligious aspectsHistoric peace churches.
2. WarReligious aspectsHistoric peace churches.
3. PacifismReligious aspectsChristianity. 4. Historic peace
churchesDoctrines. 5. Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.). 6. Just war
doctrine. 7. Interdenominational cooperation. I. Gwyn, Douglas,
1948 . II. Church of the Brethren.
BT736.4.D32 1991
261.8'73dc20 90-46792
CIP
Picture 3Picture 4
The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for
Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Scripture quotations are used by permission. Those marked (NIV) are from the Holy
Bible: New International Version
. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible
Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. (TEV) are from the Good
News Bible
Old Testament: Copyright American Bible Society 1976; New Testament:
Copyright American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976.(RSV) are from the Revised
Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian
Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. (JB/NJB) are from
The[New] Jerusalem Bible, Copyright 1966/1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd.
and Doubleday, & Company Inc. (NEB) are from The New English Bible. The Delegates
of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961,
1970. (NASB) are from the New American Standard Bible, The Lockman Foundation 1960,
1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975. (NAB) are taken from The New American Bible
with Revised New Testament
, copyright 1986, by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Inc.,
Washington, D.C. All rights reserved.
A DECLARATION ON PEACE
Copyright 1991 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683
Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press,
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 90-46792
International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-3541-5
Printed in the United States of America
Book design and cover art by Merrill R. Miller
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 96 95 94 93 92 91
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Contents
Preface
7
Introduction
11
I. The Priestly Role
17
II. The Prophetic People
27
III. The Discerning People
33
IV. The Royal Servant People
41
V. Conclusion
51
Appendices
A. Peace Is the Will of God
53
B. The Church, the Christian, and War
79
C. 40 Years of Ecumenical Theological Dialogue Efforts on Justice and Peace Issues by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the "Historic Peace Churches"
93
Notes
107
The Authors
109

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Preface
Most Christians and most churches still hold, as they have since the age of Constantine, that war may be morally justified, or even imperative. Therefore they consider national policies of military preparation valid. As we enter the last decade of our century under heightened awareness of the urgent threats we face, we hope for an opportunity to gain fresh consideration of this issue. But we seek dialogue in the context of a renewed vision of the entire purpose of God in the world.
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