First Crusade: A New History, The
Thomas Asbridge
Number of quotes: 4
Book ID: 340 Page: 23
Section: 3A2,3A4C
…with the conversion of the Roman Empire, it became virtually impossible to sustain the absolute rejection of violence. From the fourth century onwards, Christianity underwent a gradual but deep-seated transformation as it fused with a Roman ‘state’ for which warfare was an essential feature of existence.
Quote ID: 7868
Time Periods: 4567
Book ID: 340 Page: 24
Section: 3A2,3A4C
St. Augustine broke Latin Christian theology from the shackles of pacifism, and his ideas gradually filtered down into European society, helping to salve general anxieties about the relationship between faith and military service.
Quote ID: 7869
Time Periods: 5
Book ID: 340 Page: 25
Section: 3A2,3A4C
Between the age of St. Augustine and the council of Clermont, western Christendom gradually became acculturated to the concept of sanctified violence. This was an incremental, organic process….
Quote ID: 7870
Time Periods: 1567
Book ID: 340 Page: 39
Section: 3A2,3A4C
The expedition preached at Clermont represented a new form of ‘super’ penance: a venture so arduous, so utterly terrifying, as to be capable of cancelling out any sin. Participants would still have to confess their transgressions to a member of the clergy, but the crusade would replace any necessary penance.….
For the first time, fighting in the name of God and the pope brought with it a spiritual reward that was at once readily conceivable and deeply compelling: a real chance to walk through the fires of battle and emerge unsullied by sin.{36}
Quote ID: 7871
Time Periods: 7
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