Pondering on Saint Nicholas and the blow he (literally) struck for the Truth, I've had just a thought: Jesus must have known that Peter was armed. According to at least one commentary, carrying weapons was prohibited on feast days.
If the Jews of the Old Testament had been pacifist, they would probably have either lost their identity or been exterminated long before the Incarnation.
So would there have been an Incarnation?
Are we so sure that force and violence are always wrong? They seem to have worked in Salvation History.
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I've finished thinking. Force and violence are always wrong! But, that does not mean that war is always wrong!! Think about that one.
St. Peter did indeed cut off Malchus's ear, but Jesus healed him. I think the message is that the disciples of Jesus must not cut off people's ears but they are sent to preach the Good News of salvation. "Those who live by the sword..."
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