Prayer for Our Parents

1. Prayer for Our Parents Almighty and most merciful God, who in Thy infinite goodness hast committed us unto the charge of loving parents, who are to watch over us and provide for all our wants of body and soul, we pray Thee, protect and prolong their life, that we may continue to enjoy their loving care, and strengthen us that as obedient children we may be subject to their will and hold them in love and esteem; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.

2. Announcements • Hw: None • Bring in Donations! Due Dec. 10th • Adoration on Friday • Notes –you may print them out –bring them to class to follow along with* • I will check that you either have them printed or written!! • Chapter 9 Worksheet • You need to go online and print it out, work on it, and then bring it in on Monday completed!!

3. Chapter 9 Crusades, Military Orders, and the Inquisitions

4. Part I The Crusades

6. The Crusades • Continuously romanticized • Deep, dark period in Christian history • Many Christians rather it be forgotten

7. The Word “Crusade” • Series of eight military expeditions (1096-1270) • Crux: Cross given by the pope and his legates

8. The Fall of the Holy Land • Palestine, Egypt, and Asia Minor were controlled by the Muslims • Fatimite Muslims and Turks persecuted the Christians

9. Fatimite Muslims • Descendants of Muhammad's daughter (Fatima) • Messiah will come to lead the Muslims back to the reality of the first believers of Islam (Mahdi) • Not strictly orthodox

10. Battle of Manzikert • Began the two-hundred year crusades • Turks took over 2/3 of Christian lands • Attacked Constantinople

11. The Council of Clermont • Pope Urban II • To gain support from Westerners for the Eastern Christians

12. The Crusades Began… • With Pope Urban II proclaiming an organized attack in defense of Christian Europe

13. Islam: Religion of War? • Islam abode; War abode • Anyone outside Islam is an infidel • Verse 9:123 - "Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you."

14. Christian Pilgrimages • Led to realization of Muslim threat • Christians were robbed, beaten, or killed • Pope Gregory VII wanted to aid pilgrims, but was distracted by L.I. controversy

15. Goal of the Crusades • To fend off Muslim/Turkish expansion • Free the Holy Land

16. Motivation for the Crusades • Religion • Those who fought for Christianity would be rewarded by God • Religious indulgences • Reduced taxes and debts • Protection of families

17. Indulgence • The extra-sacramental remission of the temporal punishment due to sin that has already been forgiven • Granted after the sinner confessed and received absolution

18. Preaching the Crusades • Pope Urban II asked sinners to repent their sins by joining the Crusades “All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant then through the power if God with which I am invested.”

19. Blessed Peter the Hermit • Called for a crusade after having a vision of Jesus • Harassed and beaten • Strong Impact?

20. St. Bernard of Clairvaux • Inspired thousands to join Second Crusade • Crusaders: “criminals and sinners, ravishers, and the sacrilegious” • Departures made West and East Happy

21. The First Crusade (1095- 1099) • Widely popular • Supported financially and politically by the Church • Not supported by the Kings • Goal: To Save Christianity

22. The Jewish Communities • Communities attacked by armies • Jews blamed for the “death” of Christ • Crusaders were after money • Many committed suicide

23. Modern Ideas about the Jews and the Crusades • Mixed • Jews – persecution • Christians – seek forgiveness

24. Blessed Pope John Paul II “We humbly ask for forgiveness for the part that each of us with his or her behaviors has played in such evils thus contributing to disrupting the face of the Church. At the same time, as we confess our sins, let us forgive the faults committed by others towards us.” (March 2000)

25. Criticism “The Crusaders were a motley of thieves, rapists, robbers, and murderers, whose sins had been forgiven by the pope in advance of the Crusade…The brutal truth is that the Crusades were military campaigns of the Catholic Church to gain control of Jerusalem…and to punish the Jews as the alleged Christ killers on the road to and from Jerusalem.” (Pastor John Haggee Countdown to Jerusalem p. 114)

26. Criticism in the Middle Ages: St. Francis of Assisi • Went to Holy Land to convert the Sultan • Captured, beaten, and tortured • Established dialogue with the Sultan

27. Successive Crusades • Inspired by the First Crusade • Unorganized • Appeared as a mass migration

28. The Second Crusade • Sponsored by King Louis and Emperor Conrad • To Capture city of Damascus • Failed • Western Christians thought it was due to their sins

29. The Third Crusade • Richard the Lionheart, Emperor Frederick, King Philip • Against the Turks • Waged to capture the True Cross

30. The Fourth Crusade • To regain Jerusalem • Ended with the sacking of Constantinople

31. The Children’s Crusade (1212) • Children inspired by crusaders • Goal was to attack the Turks • Many sold into slavery or killed

32. The Outcome of the Crusades • Kept Islam/Turks from expanding for 400 years • Opened new lands and cultures • Christianity held steady/moved forward

33. The Military Orders Part II

34. Military Orders • Created to protect the Holy Land and pilgrims • Emphasized dedication, discipline, and monastic organization • Bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

35. The Knights Templar • Oldest of military orders • Founded by Frenchmen • Protected pilgrims • Rule written by St. Bernard

36. The Knights Templar Rule: • Based on Cistercian Rule: “In this order, knighthood blossomed forth a new life; warriors, whose sole aim in life was once was to rob, plunder, and to kill, have now bound themselves by solemn vow to defend the poor of the Church.”

37. The Knights Templar • Well known for banking • Safeguarded money coming in from east • Destroyed by King Philip

38. The Knights Hospitalers • Devoted to caring for sick pilgrims • Medical corps for injured crusaders • Knights of Malta (today)

39. The Teutonic Knights • German • Modeled themselves after the Knights Hospitalers • Aided in fight against Slavs and Tartars • Leader converted to the Lutheran Church

40. The Inquisition Part III

41. Inquisition • A special ecclesiastical institution for combating or suppressing heresy

42. The Inquisition • Darkest era in the Catholic Church • Christian Emperors- duty was to defend the Orthodoxy of the Church

43. Christian Emperors • Duty was to defend the Orthodoxy of the Church • “Office” was Divine appointed agent of Heaven

44. The Church vs. The Emperors • Unlike the Emperors – the Church did not think that heretics should be treated with harsh penalties • This view changed during the Middle Ages

45. In the Middle Ages the Catholic Church… • Became the dominant faith in Europe • Became intermingled with European life • Became foundation for law and civil authority

46. The Origins of the Inquisition • Was a response to Albigensianism • NOT a response to those who refused to become Catholic

47. Albigensianism • Soul = good • Body = evil • Dedicated to the Gospels • Practiced fasting • Embraced poverty • War, physical pleasure, matter = evil

48. Albigensianism: Jesus Christ… • Never took on a human body • Did not die on the Cross • Redemption did not achieve the remission of sin

49. Albigensianists • Were hostile towards the Church • Rejected the Mass, Sacraments, Church Hierarchy • Were unaccountable to authority (religious and civil)

50. The Albigensian Threat • Follower killed a legate of the pope • Pope Innocent III called a crusade against them • The French King and German Emperor applied capital punishment to them