Unfortunately, the followers of the new doctrine were not able to agree on the interpretation of the Master’s words, most of which were veiled by allegory and figures of speech. From its very beginning,  countless sects have flourished, all of them claiming that they alone possess the truth; not even eighteen centuries have managed to put them in agreement. Forgetting the most important of the divine precepts, the ones that Jesus had made the cornerstone of his building and the express condition of salvation: charity, fraternity and love for one’s neighbor, these sects have hurled anathemas at one another and have fought with one another, with the strongest crushing the weakest, stifling them in blood, torture and burnings at the stake. Victors over paganism, Christians went from being persecuted to being persecutors. It was with iron and fire that they planted the cross of the unblemished Lamb in the two worlds. It is a confirmed fact that religious wars have been the cruelest and have made more victims than political wars, and that in no other wars have more acts of atrocity and barbarity been committed.

Has it been the fault of Christ’s doctrine? Obviously not, since it  formally condemns all violence. Did  he ever tell his disciples: Go kill, massacre and burn those who do not believe as you? No, because he told them quite the contrary: All people are brothers and sisters, and God is supremely merciful; love your neighbor; love your enemies; do good to those who persecute you. He further said to them: Whoever kills with the sword shall die by the sword. The responsibility, therefore, does not fall to Jesus’ doctrine, but to those who have misinterpreted it and have made it an instrument to serve their passions; those who have ignored these words: My kingdom is not of this world.

In his profound wisdom, Jesus foresaw what would occur. But such things were unavoidable because they were connected to the inferiority of human nature, which could not be transformed all of a sudden. Christianity had to pass through this long and cruel trial of eighteen centuries in order to show all its strength, since despite all the evil committed in its name, it has emerged pure from it. This has never been disputed. The blame has always fallen on those who abused it. Following every act of intolerance, it has always been stated: If Christianity were rightly understood and practiced, this would not have happened.