 Erasmus’ praise of peace and concord is informed by the Christian ideal of a universal fellowship. “Why don’t you wish [your neighbour] well as another man and a fellow Christian?” he asks in The Complaint of Peace (CWE 27: 315). The theme is also taken up in War Against the Turks. There Erasmus concedes that the war against the Ottoman Empire is “just” by the definition of the Church, but disparages a military solution and promotes instead the idea of using spiritual weapons. He depicts the Turks as a scourge of God (an idea promoted also by Luther) and therefore urges his contemporaries to repent and reform to appease God and overcome the enemy.