Ecclesiastical Dictionary Containing in Concise Form Information Upon Ecclesi
Ecclesiastical Dictionary Containing in Concise Form Information Upon Ecclesi
John Thein
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Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, many Christians visited the sacred places of Palestine. These pilgrims were sub- jected to severe hardships and trials, and especially was this the case under the rule of Seljuk, who, in the year 1072, abused and murdered the pilgrims, and ended by plundering the Holy City. The object of the Crusades was, therefore : i. To secure protection for the Christians. 2. To res- cue the sacred places and guard them against profanation and destruction. 3. To repe...l the Saracens, who threatened Chris- tian Europe. The idea of the Crusades originated with the Popes, who directed them, and furnished, from the revenues of the Church, the means necessary for their subsistence. They also granted remission of ecclesiastical penalties to all who en- gaged in the religious expeditions. The first Crusade (i 096-1099), was set on foot by Pope Urban II. , at the Synod of Cler- mont, where the multitudes, whose en- thusiasm had already been aroused by Peter the Hermit, in one voice cried out : "God wills it.
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