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82 Man is possessed by the possessions he has. A Christian should not be a slave of material things.

A Christian must abstrain therefore from courts and lawsuits. And it goes without saying that capital punishment contradicts the law of love." The priests who support the state authority in its "right" to conduct wars and enforce justice by capital punishment

God is the sovereign, the Pantokrator, and all human sovereignties, states, and possessions are as nothing in His eyes:

God is love. Chap.XXXII, p.150*.

Chap.LXVIII, p.215*.

Chap LXX, p.220*.

Chap.XIV, p.83*.