Christian pacifism

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Christian doctrine ethical stance form of pacifism theological stance

Christian pacifism is a theological and ethical stance within Christianity that interprets Jesus’ teachings as a call to reject violence and warfare in favor of nonviolent love, peace, and enemy-love.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christian pacifism canonical	2
Quaker peace testimony	2
Kingian nonviolence	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian pacifism
Context triple: [Christian anarchism, associatedConcept, Christian pacifism]

A. Quaker Peace and Social Witness
Quaker Peace and Social Witness is a key Quaker organization that promotes peace, social justice, and human rights through advocacy, education, and practical action.
B. Religions and the Practice of Peace initiative
The Religions and the Practice of Peace initiative is a Harvard Divinity School program that promotes scholarship, dialogue, and engagement on how religious traditions can contribute to just and sustainable peace.
C. Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
D. Christian anarchism
Christian anarchism is a theological and political philosophy that interprets the teachings of Jesus—especially nonviolence, compassion, and rejection of worldly power—as a call to oppose all coercive human authorities and live in voluntary, egalitarian community.
E. Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching is the body of official Catholic Church doctrine that applies Gospel principles to social, economic, and political issues, emphasizing human dignity, the common good, solidarity, and care for the poor.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian pacifism
Target entity description: Christian pacifism is a theological and ethical stance within Christianity that interprets Jesus’ teachings as a call to reject violence and warfare in favor of nonviolent love, peace, and enemy-love.

A. Quaker Peace and Social Witness
Quaker Peace and Social Witness is a key Quaker organization that promotes peace, social justice, and human rights through advocacy, education, and practical action.
B. Religions and the Practice of Peace initiative
The Religions and the Practice of Peace initiative is a Harvard Divinity School program that promotes scholarship, dialogue, and engagement on how religious traditions can contribute to just and sustainable peace.
C. Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
D. Christian anarchism
Christian anarchism is a theological and political philosophy that interprets the teachings of Jesus—especially nonviolence, compassion, and rejection of worldly power—as a call to oppose all coercive human authorities and live in voluntary, egalitarian community.
E. Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching is the body of official Catholic Church doctrine that applies Gospel principles to social, economic, and political issues, emphasizing human dignity, the common good, solidarity, and care for the poor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrine ⓘ ethical stance ⓘ form of pacifism ⓘ theological stance ⓘ
basedOn	New Testament ethics ⓘ Sermon on the Mount ⓘ teachings of Jesus ⓘ
contrastsWith	Christian just war theory ⓘ holy war ideology ⓘ
corePrinciple	enemy-love ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ love of enemies ⓘ love of neighbor ⓘ nonviolent love ⓘ peacemaking ⓘ rejection of violence ⓘ rejection of warfare ⓘ turning the other cheek ⓘ
critiquedFor	alleged failure to protect the innocent ⓘ alleged political irresponsibility ⓘ
debatedWithin	Christian ethics ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
defendedAs	faithful obedience to Jesus ⓘ witness to the kingdom of God ⓘ
emphasizes	God’s kingdom of peace ⓘ cross-bearing discipleship ⓘ enemy reconciliation ⓘ imitation of Christ ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ
goal	embody peace in personal and social life ⓘ reduce and prevent war and violence ⓘ
heldBy	Amish ⓘ Anabaptist churches ⓘ surface form: Anabaptist traditions Church of the Brethren ⓘ Hutterites ⓘ Mennonites ⓘ Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers some Roman Catholics ⓘ some mainline Protestants ⓘ
historicalProponent	John Howard Yoder ⓘ Lactantius ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi’s Christian interlocutors ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Menno Simons ⓘ Origen ⓘ Stanley Hauerwas ⓘ Tertullian ⓘ
influenced	Christian nonviolent resistance movements ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Radical Reformation ⓘ surface form: Anabaptist Radical Reformation early church attitudes toward military service ⓘ
interpretsPassage	Exodus 20:1–17 ⓘ surface form: Exodus 20:13 Sermon on the Mount ⓘ surface form: Luke 6:27–36 Matthew 26:52 ⓘ Matthew 5:38–48 ⓘ Sermon on the Mount ⓘ surface form: Matthew 5–7 Romans 12:17–21 ⓘ Epistle to the Romans ⓘ surface form: Romans 13
viewOnMilitaryService	Christians should not participate in war ⓘ many adherents are conscientious objectors ⓘ
viewOnPolitics	supports nonviolent social change ⓘ
viewOnSelfDefense	nonviolent response is preferred ⓘ
viewOnState	state may use force but Christians should not participate ⓘ
viewOnViolence	Christians should not use lethal force ⓘ
viewOnWar	war is incompatible with Jesus’ teachings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian anarchism → associatedConcept → Christian pacifism ⓘ

Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change → focusesOn → Christian pacifism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingian nonviolence

QUNO → hasPerspective → Christian pacifism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quaker peace testimony

John Howard Yoder → movement → Christian pacifism ⓘ

Quaker agencies → inspiredBy → Christian pacifism ⓘ