Homicide in General ( continued )

Chapter XV

Homicide of any kind condemned by the early Christians, p. .—Their total condemnation of warfare, p. sq.—This attitude towards war was soon given up, pp. –348.—The feeling that a soldier scarcely could make a good Christian, p. .—Penance prescribed for those who had shed blood in war, p. sq.—Wars forbidden by popes, p. .—The military Christianity of the Crusades, pp. –352.—Chivalry, pp. –354.—The intimate connection between chivalry and religion displayed in tournaments, p. sq.—The practice of private war, p. sq.—The attitude of the Church towards private war, p. .—The Truce of God, p. .—The main cause of the abolition of private war was the increase of the authority of emperors or kings, p. sq.—War looked upon as a judgment of God, p. .—The attitude adopted by the great Christian congregations towards war one of sympathetic approval, pp. –362.—Religious protests against war, pp. –365.—Freethinkers’ opposition to war, pp. –367.—The idea of a perpetual peace, p. .—The awakening spirit of nationalism, and the glorification of war, p. sq.—Arguments against arbitration, p. .—The opposition against war rapidly increasing, p. sq.—The prohibition of needless destruction in war, p. sq.—The survival, in modern civilisation, of the old feeling that the life of a foreigner is not equally sacred with that of a countryman, p. .—The behaviour of European colonists towards coloured races, p. sq.