A gladiator or a trainer of gladiators, or a huntsman, or anyone connected with these shows … must desist or be rejected.
If a catechumen or a believer seeks to become a soldier, they must be rejected, for they have despised God.
A soldier of the civil authority must be taught not to kill men and to refuse to do so if he is commanded, and to refuse to take an oath; if he is unwilling to comply, he must be rejected.