The Pros And Cons Of Pope Urban II

Crusades: Salvation or Exploitation The phrase Crusade is a French word that means lifting the cross. The phrase is mainly used for describing the campaigns or the military battle that was waged against the Muslims by the early Christians. The Muslims controlled Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon and had waged war crimes against Christians. These areas were named the holy land. The Crusades were carried out as a response to the vandalism of the Christian shrines, destruction of churches and persecution of Christians in Holy Land.

The holy war which was not known as the crusades until the 16th century were a series of wars that were started by the pope of the Holy Catholic Church he thought that because of the “serious theological disagreement had split the Greek Church of Byzantium and the Roman Church of the West. The pope believed that a crusade would lead to strong Roman influence in Greek territories and eventually the reunion of the two churches.” (McKay 401) to help motivate the people and the upper echelon of the militaristic society Pope Urban II declared that all who participated in the crusade that all their sins would be forgiven without ever having to confess to a priest, while all at the same time declaring that the “Infidel” (which is a term both sides

They sensed treason, and evicted Christians from the friendly treatment the should have been granted. The article Christianity and the Roman Empire by Dr. Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe reads, “Thus the classic test of a Christian’s faith was to force him or her, on pain of death, to swear by the emperor and offer incense to his images, or to sacrifice to the gods.” This passage explains the terror of the Romans, for they felt that the Christians were deliberately jeopardizing the Roman Empire by angering their gods. There are many more reasons as to why Christians were persecuted by the inhabitants of Rome, but these are the major elucidations. The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire started to die down around 250 A.C. For almost two centuries, the suffering and martyrdom the Christians experienced became almost a dull routine

Innocent III also arranged that the Roman church promote a crusade against what he saw as heretics in southern France. Much bloodshed and lasting enmity were the only lasting effects of this effort. Innocent III promoted the Fourth Crusade to recover Jerusalem fro the western nation coalition. The fourth crusade was a debacle since in 1204 a group of Crusaders sacked and took control of Constantinople, ostensibly the ally of Rome. This episode poisoned relations between the Greek and Latin churches for centuries to come.

The Crusades were a series of holy wars between the Christians and Muslims.In the year 1095, Pope Urban ll called for a Crusade to free the Holy Land from non-christians. In my opinion I believe that the Crusades had a negative impact.Between the end of the eleventh and thirteenth century there had been nine wars in total. The first reason why the Crusades had a negative impact was because they committed appalling atrocities.Document 1 states that, In the Middle East, both Christians and Muslims committed appalling atrocities in the name of religious hatred behind them.This is relevant because the document proves that the Crusades had a negative impact in the name of religion.Document 1 also states that In Europe, crusaders sometimes

In addition, the diegetic sound combines with a swish pan shot and a shaky cam as Harrison moves along the aisle. This emphasises the sense of agitation and displays how the audience cowers as he passes them, with expressions of shock on their faces. As Harrison’s figure is revealed, it is symbolic of a cross, which reflects how Jesus died for the sins of man. So Harrison is dying for a cause in the hope that he will enlighten the people to the fallacy of their regime. The people will see the how they should naturally be, and will rise up against the government.

All the suffering and destruction to Jerusalem has been brought on by God however he was right to do so as the people did not listen to him. Therefore, they brought it upon themselves. “The Lord has rejected all my warriors in the midst of me; he proclaimed a time against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a wine press the virgin daughter Judah” (Lamentations 1:15). Another key theme throughout the book is sin. The people were murdered and sent into exile both consequences of their sin because Judah did not obey God.

Human nature is an underlying theme of the Bible, as we are shown time and time again when God destroys large groups of people, sometimes even everyone, it is because of our inherently corrupt human nature. While the idea of original sin is a Catholic one, it seems that without Gods laws and influence humans descend into hedonism and chaos, which means that humanity needs his laws to prevent that. God walks a fine line between being the strict lawmaker, but also creating laws that take into consideration human nature. In Exodus 32 we read about the creation of the Golden Calf and descent of the Israelites down the path of idolatry, which Moses warned them was a great sin against God. Moses reasons with God, and is able convince him that he should not destroy his chosen people, and

Fulcher's claim that European Christians should have been protected from Muslim occupation and fierce persecution. As the Roman Realm disintegrated and the papacy lost power and power, moves in governmental issues and religions started. The papacy, under the direction of Pope Urban II, started the battle for more power and power. Amid the time preceding the Main Campaign, the Christian confidence "overwhelmed and directed regular day to day existence to a degree that can appear to be practically unfathomable to a present day eyewitness receptive to the states of mind and biases progressively secularized contemporary society. This religious enthusiasm sustained the "mind-boggling uneasiness: the threat of wrongdoing".

However, he still includes censure of the Church. Members of the fifth circle, for the Avarice and Prodigal, include shades that Dante the Pilgrim recognizes as clergymen. In other words, Dante the Poet rebukes the Church’s greedy and reckless behavior by placing its members in hell.

After all, the Christians were the ones who were leading the crusades and they were the ones who were the biggest advocates of them. The Pope was usually in charge of sanctioning the missions and it was clear that the papacy was on board with the missions. Their main mission was to reclaim the Holy Lands from the Muslim people who had invaded it. In Robert the Monk, Pope Urban II’s Call to the 1st Crusade, the Pope is talking to a council that was convened in the city of Clermont and he is quoted saying “We wish you to know what a serious matter has led us to your country, for it is the imminent peril threatening you and all the faithful that has brought us hither. From the confines of

Emperor Alexius I Comenus has asked Pope Urban II to help aid in the defense of the Byzantine Empire in 1095. The Pope has agreed and is meeting with the Council of Clermont in hopes of uniting the lords across Europe. We have updated information that military action will be taken to regain control of the Holy Land from who the Pope refers to as the "infidels". A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit has responded to Pope Urban II 's call of arms. With a ragtag army of peasants and soldiers we moved east to Constantinople in what is being called the People 's Crusade.

Romero was eager to get involved in the war that was going on between the military elites and the guerilla’s marxists in el salvador.The conditions worsened which made the terms for Romero more and more difficult,The Churches were desecrated but he could not remain just an observer of the whole thing.But then Romero resorts to the only thing he knew was best and that was making speeches.but the tenets that he preached to took into just the freedom and justice they wanted freedom and justice for their country. The government then sees Romero as a threat to El Salvador so then the government retaliates towards romero and they don’t like that romero was encouraging the people in El Salvador to retaliate against the government and fight for freedom.Also the Government would torture the people that Romero cared about the most because they just could not get to Romero and in the end of the movie the government finally got to romero and as Romero was preaching to those el salvadorians that would actually listen to what he had to say, He was preaching and giving a mass to the members of El Salvador.

4. The document portrays the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. The fact that the Edict of Milan must guarantee the right to worship to Christians shows that they were persecuted for their beliefs. The document requires that the land of the Christians be returned to them. This means that before this decree, the Christians had their property stolen.

Ventresca, if he realizes this, could use his status to be an intrusion into the Vatican for the Illuminati. Next, Ventresca could also be threatened into joining the Illuminati. The Illuminati are notorious for being a violent and unforgiving group; hence, they could use the Chamberlain’s innocence to threaten him into joining their cause. Ventresca proves the violence of the Illuminati, “Satanists lurking among us-running our governments, our banks, our schools, threatening to obliterate the very House of God with their misguided science” (Brown 585). This quote illustrates the view of the Chamberlain and Christians on the Illuminati.