TOLERANCE AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCR
PROCLAIMED BY CHRIST.
"And they did not receive him (Christ) because his face was as though
he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James, and John, saw
this, they said: Wilt thou that we command fire to come down from
heaven and consume them, even as Elias did?
"But he turned and rebuked them, and said: Ye know not what spirit
ye are of.
"For the Son of Man is not come to destroy man's life, but to save
them." (Luke 9: 53-56.)
"Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and smote the high priest's
servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
"Then said Jesus unto Peter, put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup
which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? For all they that
take the sword, shall perish with the sword." (Matt. 26: 52. John 18: 10.)
