Commentary
During the 16th century’s long series of struggles between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, one of the most vexed questions was how much obedience a religious minority owed to a government that was persecuting it. After decades of debate, most denominations came to accept that it was not only right to disobey commands that seemed to go against core religious beliefs, but that it was also legitimate to kill the oppressive, ungodly rulers.
