Peacemakers: But With Whom?

One of the implications of studying the history of the Beatitudes of Jesus is the discovery, or at least the possible discovery, that the church got off the rails at times. Did the church get off the rails on “Blessed are the peacemakers”? Rebekah Eklund, in The Beatitudes Through the Ages, examines the history of this beatitude.

Peace, or shalom, means …