ABSTRACT
Josephus expresses the opinion that every man ought to worship God of his own free will, and not at the bidding of another. Religion is a kind of marriage of God with man. The acts of Justinian too were for the purpose of defending his subjects either from Persian idolaters or from Gothic or Vandal heretics, who now seized a part of the Roman Empire and now attempted to oppress the subjects of Justinian who dwelt within the Empire. This chapter investigates whether it is lawful to wage war with religion as the sole motive. Religion is a relationship with God. Its laws are divine that is between God and man; they are not human, namely, between man and man. Other authorities declare that if religion is violated, all men are wronged. To punish a guilty person whom you have no right to punish is equivalent to chastising an innocent person.
