Carolina QuotesThe disciples ... are capable of peacemaking because they are sustained by the purity derived from having no other telos but to enact the kingdom embodied in Jesus. Yet such a people may well be persecuted, as Jesus was persecuted, because they are an alternative to the violence of the world that is too often called "peace."
Stanley Hauerwas Connected to the Carolinas
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pp. 62-63
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- Matthew (2006)
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- 2006
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- pp. 62-63
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