Jonathan Dymond (An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity) states that "During a considerable period after the death of Christ, it is certain...that his followers believed he had forbidden war, and that, in consequence of this belief, many of them refused to engage in it, whatever were the consequences, whether reproach, or imprisonment, or death.
Jonathan Dymond muṅwali wa mafhungo a vhurereli kha maanea awe ane a ri, "U Ṱolisisa Thendelano Ine Ya Vha Hone Nndwani Na Maitele A Livhisaho Vhakriste," o ṅwala uri nga murahu ha tshifhinga tshilapfu Yesu o no fa, vhatevheli Vhawe "vho hana u ya [nndwani]; hu sa londwi mvelelo dzine vha nga sedzana nadzo, dzi ngaho u semiwa, u valelwa dzhele kana u vhulahwa."