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The Crusades, starting in the year 1000, were organized by the Catholic Church to take the holy land from the Muslims.
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Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church didn't encourage anybody to "take" the Holy Land from anybody. The Catholic Church answered a plea from the embattled Christians in the Holy Land who had been overrun by Muslim invaders who had killed many of the Christians, and enslaved the rest. To this end, they called for the various Crusades to liberate the Christians and Jews who had been over-run by the Muslims.from
Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
Crusades. The military expeditions undertaken by Christians in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Moslems. The name comes from the cross that the crusaders bore on their clothing. There were eight principal Crusades: the first (1096-99) and the eight (1270). However, the term is also applied in a wider sense to all expeditions blessed by the Church against heretics and infidels. (Etym. French croisade; Spanish cruzada; Latin cruciata, a marking with the cross.)
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What is the Holy Land in Rome and why is it important?
Vatican City, home of the Pope and religious center of the Roman Catholic church, is considered to be the "holy land" located in Rome.
Why is the holy land special for Catholics?
Because it is where Jesus (the founder of the Catholic Church) lived while He was on earth.
What did the Catholic Church hope that the crusades would accomplish?
The Catholic Church hoped that the Crusades would help to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites in the Holy Land from Muslim control, as well as unite Christians under a common cause and strengthen the Church's authority.
What has the author Clyde F Crews written?
Clyde F Crews has written: 'An American holy land' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Louisville (Ky.), Chronology, Church history, History
What was the first goal of the crusades?
To capture the Christian holy land To reconquer the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and free the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule. To take Jerusalem for the Catholic Church
What effect did the Catholic Church have on the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
They were crusades to regain the Holy Land and they ended up burning constantinole
What are the Crusades relashinship with christans?
The Crusades were sponsored and fought by the Catholic Church and the people who went were Christians to take back the “Holy Land.”
What was the purpose of the crusades?
Crusades occurred mostly to regain the Holy Lands - The Kingdom of Jerusalem from the muslims.
What was two reasons for the catholic crusades?
Two main reasons for the Catholic Crusades were to reclaim Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control and to expand the influence and power of the Catholic Church in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
How did King Richard take back the holy land?
King Richard didn't take back the Holy Land . The Crusades were a series of campaigns of greed and to attain power and wealth, by the Catholic church and various European monarchs
How were the crusades considered a failure?
because the Roman Catholic church lost many wars.... BUTthey still regained back the Holy Land
What was the major goal of the christian church during the crusades?
Capture the Holy land from Islamic rulers.
