"By the use of force no man is brought to faith in Christ, as little likely as that a man can learn Bohemian by studying German.
By means of the secular power Anti-Christ has pulled all power to himself under cover of the Christian faith. Since we believe that it was by meekness and humility unto the Cross that Christ delivered us from the power of Satan we cannot allow that the perfecting of our faith comes by worldly power; as if force is a greater benefit than is faith."
(Peter Chelcicky c.1390-1460) in Verduin
A short biography of Peter Chelciky and of his work Net of Faith is available for free to download at the primitive Christianity site here.
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