Crusaders and the Church What Research Paper

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Did the Crusades advance the cause of Christ?

According to a digitized volume originally published in 1864 by Partridge and Company, the Crusades were instigated chiefly by "the most superstitious and fanatical notions"; and these "soldiers of Jesus…carried destruction to those who knew him not. Is this the spirit of Christ or of his holy gospel? Is it not rather the spirit of Mahomet…" whose propaganda was always 'the sword or the Koran" (Meliora, p. 15). Simon de Montfort, the Duke of Burgundy, executed his task "…with relentless cruelty, ravaged the country, burned the houses, massacred all the people, whether Romanists on not" and inflicted the "most revolting indignities…upon the weak and helpless" (Meliora, 15).

Answering the question for this portion of the paper, Meliora states, "To Christianity as a religion the Crusades did much evil" because the Christian Church "…sank more deeply into superstition; the clergy into ignorance; and all Christendom exhibited a reproach and a scandal to the name which it bore" (Meliora, 16).

In conclusion, while the Crusades certainly contributed to commerce, the arts, science and navigation, the Crusades did not advance the Christian worldview, nor did they advance the cause of Christ, who had preached that when confronted with potential violence, a wise Christian will turn the other cheek.

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Christ also said in his Sermon on the Mount (the Beatitudes): "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God" (Matthew, Chapter 5 Verse 9). In Luke 6:35 Christ said "…love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back."

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