They have subsequently sought to develop a more plausible theory of the just war.

Have you ever studied the theory of the just war of Aquinas?

The theory of the just war was developed so that there would be some moral guidelines in the waging of war.

Beginning in earnest in the 17th century and continuing through the 20th, the theory of the just war evolved in conjunction with international law.

The church became more tolerant of war in the defence of faith, espousing theories of the just war.

There are many incoherencies and inconsistencies in the traditional theory of the just war of which those noted in this article are merely a sampling.

Christian theory of the just war begins with Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas.

His modules that he taught included the European Enlightenment, the Scottish Enlightenment and the medieval theories of the just war.

Some more theologically articulate members of the provisional movement justify violence on traditional Roman catholic ethical grounds, the theory of the just war against the unjust oppressor.

Over the years scholars like St. Thomas Aquinas and Hugo Grotius, the 17th-century Dutch theorist of international law, have refined and expanded the theory of the just war.

To distinguish it from its classical predecessor, some just war theorists refer to it as the traditional theory of the just war, though for brevity I will generally refer to it simply as "the Theory."

At the same time the church became more tolerant of war in the defense of faith, espousing theories of the just war; and liturgies were introduced which blessed a knight's sword, and a bath of chivalric purification.

The theory of the just war goes back to the efforts of the Christian community to reconcile itself to a practice, which it really knew (emphasis in the original) in its Christian heart of hearts that it couldn't countenance.

In most presentations of the theory of the just war there are six principles of jus ad bellum, each with its own label: just cause, legitimate authority, right intention, necessity or last resort, proportionality and reasonable hope of success.

The development of the law of peace along these lines would not be a return to the acceptance of the legality of armed conflict as an instrument of national policy, but it would involve the articulation of a theory of the just war, however dangerous this may seem.