complex and important concepts expressed in Christian art and ideology is the idea of the holy trinity. Artistic representations of the three persons of the holy trinity helped people make better sense of the divine mystery of Christ by expressing a complicated theological idea through the use of tangible and concrete visual symbols. Attempts to depict the holy trinity pose valuable questions about how to represent a concept that has long been considered impossible to entirely explain or represent
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Mistakes of The First Crusade The first crusade: a religious endeavor that became a turning point of history. It all began when Pope Urban II traveled to Italy in November 1095. He decided to give an open sermon on the 27th of November at the Council of Clermont. This speech‚ in hopes of drawing a large crowd‚ only gained a few hundred listeners. However‚ these select few witnessed one of the most influential speeches from the highest religious authority in the world. The pope’s
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thirteenth century the Crusades were conducted a series of nine wars that have been come to be known as the Crusades. The Crusades were a war between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades had both a positive and negative impact on the Western and Eastern worlds that were involved in the conflict. So was their more of an negative or positive impact of the crusades? There was more of an negative impact on the Crusades because the Crusades left hatred and and bitterness for the Christians and and Muslims.
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The Middle Ages: The Crusades The Crusades were a lengthy number of battles in the Middle Ages that shaped and drastically changed religion all across Western Europe forever. These wars were driven by an intense dedication to faith by the Muslims and Christians of the time. 1. Crusade can be defined as an action driven by what people believe to be a good and worthy cause (Philips). 2. Interpretations of works by Islamic and Christians place start of Crusades ahead of accepted beginning in 1095
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religions clashed in a fight for the possession of the Holy Land‚ or Jerusalem. To the Christians‚ Jerusalem was where Christ was crucified and resurrected. To the Muslims‚ Jerusalem was the place where their prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven to meet their god‚ Allah. The series of holy wars that these two religions fought for the possession of the holy land was called the Crusades‚ and they were one of the bloodiest wars in history. These wars were caused primarily by the desire for political and
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The holy Quran asks all the Muslims to respect people from other religions specifying the people of the books‚ who are Christians and Jews. Christians lived peacefully with Muslims during the time of the prophet. However‚ over many generations this peace started fading away. Muslims perceived Christians as pagans‚ who worshiped the cross‚ and as enemies. In Muslims on Christians‚ Usama Ibn Munqidh described his opinion about the Franks based on anecdotes that he heard and situations that he faced
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The Christian Crusades were a series of battles between the Muslims and the Christians in order to claim the Holy Land as their own. Religious and economic tensions are the causes of these numerous crusades. For starters‚ religious tensions occurred when Muslims taught the message of the prophet Muhammad. These teachings went against the christian teachings and the what the christian church believes. Muslims thought they would be able to overrun the traditional christian ideas. At the time‚ Pope
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The Crusade is believed to be the start of the relentless rivalry between the Muslims and Christians. The crusades were expeditions undertake in fulfillment of a solemn vow to deliver the Holy Places from Mohammedan Tyranny but later developed into territorial wars. The term crusader means to "mark with cross" which suites their purpose of redeeming their land. Before the crusades‚ relationship between Muslim and Christians are not hostile and were mainly commercial and intellectual. They trade
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The Crusades were military journeys made by Western European Christians. The announced reason for the Crusades was to control the city of Jerusalem and in addition other eastern areas of religious journey from the control of the Muslims. Pope Urban II advanced from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus for military help against the Turks. Urban accomplished so much to restore Papal honor after Gregory VII. While occupied with a religious voyage through French seas‚ he stop at Clermont 1095‚ and preached
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The Holy Cross The holy cross is a very important and very familiar symbol in the Christian faith. The cross that hangs against the red brick wall in the main sanctuary of my home church (A.P. Shaw United Methodist) has aroused my curiosity since I was a child. As long as I can remember this enormous wooden cross has hung there overlooking the congregation as if Christ himself was keeping watch. Directly beneath the cross is an altar holding a Holy Bible‚ candles‚ a prayer
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