The Four Gospels: Christianity Vs. Islam

Even though many have avoided it, “The four gospels are not the only sources from the ancient world which talk about the trial of Jesus, although they are the sources which talk about it by far the most extensively.”12 The one other key source that talks about the death of trial and death of Jesus is by a man named Tacitus, who, when talking about the persecution that the Christians faced under Nero, explained the name Christian.13 As Rome fell, different civilizations grew, and with that, so too did other religions; the main one in this situation being Islam. To some, Christianity and Islam had a major similarity to which Plato might be happy, they were both monotheisms.14 However, according to the holy book of the religion of Islam, the
The land which was referred to as the Holy Land, to which is also known as the Middle East, had been conquered by the Turks. The Pope who was ruling during the middle of the 11th century, decided that it was time to reclaim the land for the Christian faith. Thus, on November 27, 1095, Pope Urban the II ordered the first Crusade.17 He united his Christian people to the idea of a Crusade with the yelling of “Dues vult!” which translated means, “God wills it!”18 According to some sources it is questioned whether or not the Pope wanted this crusade to occur in order to reclaim the Holy Land or to simply reinforce the power of the papacy, because he was possibly feeling a loss of power.19 Regardless of the reason behind Pope Urban II’s rally cry, the crusade pursued and from it, many more occurred all over Europe and the Middle
During the time of the Middle Ages, there were major battles and even wars that pursued between the Protestants and the Catholics. This split is best shown with the events and the aftermath of the Protestant Revolution. The accepted beginning to the Protestant Revolution is around 1517 when Martin Luther nailed up “95 Theses.”20 Following his actions, a time began which would come to be known as the Thirty Years War. This “Religious Civil War,” among many battles and lives lost, one instance stands out. On August 24, 1572, an event which would later become known as the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre