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Atitudinea creştinilor din primele veacuri faŃă de pace,potrivit lucrării Istoria bisericească (H. E.)a lui Eusebiu de CezareaPr. Lect. Univ. Dr. Daniel BudaAbstractThe paper „Attitude of Christians from the first Centuries regarding Peace, based onHistoria Ecclesiatica of Euseb of Cesarea” analyzes peace and peace related aspects of thiswork. It is structured on five chapters dedicated to following issues: 1. Jewish people assubject of violence; 2. Martyrdom and its interpretation by Euseb; 3. Personalities ofChristianity as peace makers and peace negotiators; 4. Christians’ attitude regardingheresies; 5. Possible support provided by God of Christians to Roman army before the timeof Constantine. The conclusions of the paper are: 1. Jewish people is presented in H. E. asmain subject of violence while Christians are enjoying peace provided by Jesus Christ; 2.The peace of Christians is broken from time to time by persecutions that produce martyrs.Their attitude is to respond with non-violence to violence knowing that it is just a questionof time until they will conquer the world with their peaceful attitude; 3. Christianity hasamong its personalities men that are characterized as “peace makers.” H. E. presents also astory where clergy people are peace negotiators (H. E. VII, XXXII, 7 12); 4. H. E. presentsa clear non-violent attitude of the early Church regarding heresies and heretics. They can becriticized by preaching or writing against them, but they cannot be subject of humanviolence; 5. H. E. V, V, 1-7 presents a story that is interpreted by Euseb as an example ofGod’s intervention on the side of Roman army in the pre-Constantine period. Theimplication of this story seems to be the idea that God of Christians can replacesuccessfully pagan gods also in protecting the Roman Empire.Studiile moderne privind atitudinea creştinilor faŃă de pace cuprind îngeneral şi câteva referiri la poziŃia în acest sens a creştinilor din primele veacuri. Seafirmă, de obicei, că creştinii au fost „făcători de pace” în adevăratul sens alcuvântului, îndeplinind astfel porunca Mântuitorului de a nu răsplăti răului cu răuşi de a-şi întoarce, la propriu, şi celălalt obraz, în cazul în care au fost loviŃi. Maiîntâlnim de asemenea adăugată afirmaŃia că creştinii, fiind lipsiŃi de responsabilităŃidirecte în stat, deci inclusiv şi de atribuŃii legate de apărarea, lărgirea sau întărireaacestuia, nu au fost nevoiŃi să aibă vreo atitudine bine definită faŃă de războiul59