War And Peace

'Tempus belli et tempus pacis' Quandiu in praesenti saeculo sumus, tempus est belli: cum autem migraverimus de hoc saeculo, pacis tempus adveniet. In pace enim locus est Dei, et civitas nostra Jerusalem, de pace sortita est vocabulum. Nemo ergo se nunc putet esse securum: in tempore belli accingendum est, et arma tractanda, ut victores quondam requiescamus in pace. Sanctus Hieronymous, Commentarius Ecclesiasten, Liber I

'A time of war and a time of peace.'1 While we are in the present world, it is a time of war. When we leave this world, there comes the time of peace. Peaceful is the place of God, and our city of Jerusalem, which is named peace chosen. 2 None therefore should think himself secure now. In time of war one must wear armor, and take up weapons, so that victors we may rest in peace.   Saint Jerome, Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Book 1 1 Eccl 3.8  2. Ps 75.3