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* The title character of ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', [[UsefulNotes/TheBorgias Cesare Borgia]], is already a bishop at 16 years old, and demonstrates his combat abilities against the BarbaricBully Henri, one of his rivals at the University of Pisa. He's also a scholar, and he sings a duet with an apparition of Creator/DanteAlighieri debating the ethics of being both a priest and a warrior. AntiVillain [[UsefulNotes/PopeJuliusII Giuliano della Rovere]] (the future "Battle Pope") has no qualms about it, though, and manipulated other 16-year-olds into trying to assassinate Cesare. When the pawns die in the attempt, he says he just has to be stricter next time.

* The title character of ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', Cesare Borgia, is already a bishop at 16 years old, and demonstrates his combat abilities against the BarbaricBully Henri, one of his rivals at the University of Pisa. He's also a scholar, and he sings a duet with an apparition of Creator/DanteAlighieri debating the ethics of being both a priest and a warrior. AntiVillian [[UsefulNotes/PopeJuliusII Giuliano della Rovere]] (the future "Battle Pope") has no qualms about it, though, and manipulated other 16-year-olds into trying to assassinate Cesare. When the pawns die in the attempt, he says he just has to be stricter next time.

---> '''Jarmann''': [[DangerDeadpan I am not]].

** Alma the Younger fights Amlici in personal combat and kills him, ending his rebellion.
** Ammon the son of Mosiah goes as a missionary into Lamanite lands and serves their king as a shepherd. He faces an entire band of robbers at once, killing six of them with a sling and then using his sword to cut the arms off any of them that try to close the range, "and they were not few in number."
** Mormon, the primary editor of the book and a prophet, is also chosen as the supreme leader of the Nephite armies at the age of sixteen.

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[[caption-width-right:330:No weapon forged against Him shall prosper. Against ''you'', on the other hand...I think it'll do the trick.]]

* Ivan Isaacs, the AntiHero of ''Manhwa/{{Priest}}''.

* The Reverend in ''Film/ThePatriot'' who threw in with Mel Gibson's partisans telling his stunned congregation; 'A shepherd must tend his flock and at times...fight off the wolves!'

* Garterbelt of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': The [[RatedMForManly man]] can make a holy symbol with a dildo and a shotgun, and keeps ''a machine gun in his afro''.

* Pastor Norman [=McKay=] from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' manages to calm down an enraged Superman [[BewareTheSuperman who's about to bring the U.N. building down with everyone inside]], effectively making him come down to his senses. Right before this, he effectively delievered a WhatTheHellHero speech to ComicBook/TheSpectre, lecturing the '''embodiment of God's Wrath''' on morality.

* Kurt Wagner, AKA ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, becomes a priest at one point, allowing for him to fall into this trope.

* ''Fanfic/MeanwhileBackOnEarth'': The vigilantie Violence Breaker after he repents his old human supremacist and anti-magic ways becomes this. Hell, it is even stated as such in his own Case File:

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Once the Wolf officially invades Westeros, Red Priests arrive to help defend against him, being more knowledgeable about the ways of Chaos than the other characters. They're also quite useful in a fight, as their leader manages to take down a Chaos warrior in a single strike of his FlamingSword while preaching vigorously enough to make a Warior-Priest of Sigmar proud.

* ''Series/TheFades'': Helen, an undead hunter not adverse to breaking into houses to steal weaponry.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': [[SinisterMinister Edward Teague]] isn't that over the top an example when compared to others on this list, but he still proved himself a physical match for BigBad and BadassNormal ComicBook/LexLuthor, despite being at least twenty years older.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise_the_Lord_and_Pass_the_Ammunition Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition]], a popular song during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII about a Navy chaplain who manned an antiaircraft gun during the Pearl Harbor raid. In reality, this was MemeticMutation at work, as a Navy chaplain, Lieutenant (j.g.) Forgy, ''had'' said this, but he was encouraging sailors who were having to haul ammunition up from the magazine by hand, due to a power outage on the USS ''New Orleans''.

* Pontiff Xavi of ''Videogame/SengokuBasara'' is the head of his own self-created religion of "Xavism" (portrayed as a ParodyReligion of Catholism with elements of ScamReligion) who dual-wields large cannons in combat. While he might be both a bit of a LoveFreak and a scam artist, he's also willing to lead his faction to battle though in later games, Otomo Sorin is the de facto head of Xavism due to the Pontiff being PutOnABus. While Sorin himself is also willing to fight for his faith upon a miniature tank made in Xavi's image, he's more of a SissyVillain.

* ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'' has Reverend Phillip Murphy, a man who debuted in the comic's intermission strips and can defniitely leave a good impression. [[FriendlySniper Sniping the head of a zombie from afar]] that was accosting a mother and their baby. While delivering a religious BadassBoast. He also becomes good friends with the local HuskyRusskie.