I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. This was also my understanding. I highly recommend Mark Kurlansky's Nonviolence: History of a Dangerous Idea, which d

I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. This was also my understanding. I highly recommend Mark Kurlansky's Nonviolence: History of a Dangerous Idea, which discusses non-violence in the history of early Christianity: http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolence-History-Dangerous-Mark-Kurlansky-ebook/dp/B0017SWRTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421167288&sr=8-1&keywords=history+dangerous+idea+kurlansky http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolence-History-Dangerous-Mark-Kur...