Abstract: Keith Akers, a Colorado writer and activist, has published influential books and articles on vegan theology, most notably The...

Not Orthodox Christianity or the modern-day Christianity but early Jewish Christianity got "the core of Jesus' teachings" (Akers 2020:3),...

Summary: John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism, was a vegan/vegetarian. He thought that knowing that God cares about all...

Summary: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), the "Prince of Preachers", contributes significantly to legal protection of animals by...

Summary: Regarding animal love, Origen the early Christian apologist is even less Christ-like than Celsus the critic of Christianity....

Summary: "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than...

Summary: Tertullian (155-220) , "the father of Latin Christianity", advocated vegan xerophagy, which was, however, labeled "heresy" by...

聖誕節前後，數以千計的耶穌誕生場景裝飾教堂、城市中心和家庭，本著和平善意祝福大眾。 大多數的特色是可愛的農場動物聚集在馬槽中，神聖家庭周圍：牛、馬、綿羊、山羊、雞等。 諷刺的是，這些正是飽受剝削摧殘的動物，平時困在籠裡，經常受到恐嚇虐待，甚至肢解殺害，一切皆包裝成「及時行樂...

Summary: Clement of Alexandria (150-215) struggles to strike a precarious balance between Jewish Christian veganism, on the one hand, and...

Christmas Tree is vegan-unfriendly, detrimental to the environment and idolatrous. It is estimated that approximately 33 to 36 million...

Summary: Saint John Chrysostom (347-407) stresses that the ascetics are connected with neither butchering of animals nor horrible smells...

Summary: Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) the patron saint of animals had all-embracing love for every creature of God. He regarded...

Put down your evil knife; Follow the Vegan Christ! 苦海無邊，跟實耶穌！ 放下屠刀，立地純素！ Article link: https://www.hkbnews.net/post/follow-the-vegan-chri...

Sacred meals involving the blessings of bread and wine were common in Judaism, and were thus part of the communal meals of the early...

Summary: According to Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), every living being has a soul or a will to live, including both humans and other...

Abstract:  John Calvin is a typical hypocrite when it comes to animals. On the other hand, he describes the animal world as a “most...

Abstract: Karl Barth is arguably the most influential Protestant theologian of the 20th Century, who allegedly stressed the “wholly...

Abstract: Thomas Aquinas thinks that it is not a sin to kill animals because, firstly, animals have no reason and thus no fellowship with...

Abstract: In City of Gold Volume 1, Saint Augustine (Note 1), while admitting that animals are able to feel pain, argues that the sixth...

Admittedly, Martin Luther is largely humanocentric in his view of God’s goals in creation. To Luther, creation is a lesson in God’s...