Tammy’s Reviews > The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom > Status Update

“Indeed, although forgotten today, both swords mentioned by Bernard our reference to Luke, 22:38 where Christ told his disciples that ‘two swords’ are ‘enough.’ For pre-modern theologian, this was Christ way of legitimizing two forms of warfare.- one with the spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and one with the physical sword against physical enemies.“

“If it’s acceptable to fiend off Satan’s fire darts against the soul, why is it not acceptable to fight off the enemies of Christianity, who hated Christians, not just with fiery darts, but with swords, spears, and cruelty unbounded?”

Christians are to fight two swords of evils with two sort of swords-a spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and a physical sword against physical enemies. Taken together, these were the two swords were, and are enough.“ Luke 22