Rule of Basil the Great. 43: “Who inflicted a fatal blow on a neighbor is a murderer, whether he struck first or defended himself.” (Apostolic Canons. 65; Trullan Council. 91; Ancyra. 21, 22, 23; Basil the Great. 2, 8, 11, 13, 33, 52, 54, 56, 57; Gregory of Nyssa. 5).
Rule of Basil the Great. 55: “Those who mutually wound robbers (and an occupier or fascist, from whom they are liberated (defended) by a holy war, is he not a robber?! – V. A.), if they are not in the church…