How was violence in the Crusades justified?
Many Christians believed the bible said it was OK.
Greetings Gold and Silver Level Templar Knights! When the Crusades broke out in the medieval period, some Christians wondered if violence and Christianity mixed. But others said the bible practically demanded it. Who was right?
When Pope Urban launched the Crusades, in a blood curdling speech delivered at Clermont in 1095, there were some dissenting Chri…
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