The second of a 4-part examination of Christian views on the morality of war. Excerpts from the writings of St. Augustine, one of the first Christian theologians to defend the "just war"; Pope Urban II, who launched the first Crusade in ...See moreThe second of a 4-part examination of Christian views on the morality of war. Excerpts from the writings of St. Augustine, one of the first Christian theologians to defend the "just war"; Pope Urban II, who launched the first Crusade in 1095; St. Thomas Aquinas (three conditions for a "just war"); Machiavelli (the study of the art of war); and Hugo Grotius, the 17th-century Dutch Protestant jurist who wrote the definitive text on international law.
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