[Hebrews 11:6]

"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."
Apologeticus, by Tertullian, 197 A.D.

Revelation 6:9-11:
"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed."

[soycd]

>”The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”

The Church of self defense needs no martyrs.