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CHAPTER 11 THE QUEST FOR SALVATION WE SHOW OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST BY LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS THERE HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAELIS, MOST OF WHOM ARE JEWISH, AND PALESTINIANS, MOST OF WHOM ARE MUSLIMS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DEVELOP SUCH GREAT PASSIONS FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THAT THEY ACT IN DIRESPECTFUL WAYS TO PEOPLE OF OTHER RELIGIONS. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST NEVER CALLS UPON US TO DISRESPECT ANYONE FOR ANY REASON! THE CRUSADES THE CRUSADES WERE ORGANIZED BY THE CHURCH AND NOBILITY IN THE WEST AS A RESPONSE TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL TO THE HOLY LAND IMPOSED BY THE SELJUK TURKS, WHOSE ARMIES WERE THREATENING THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THE CHURCH WANTED TO PRESEVE THE HOLY LAND AND BRING ABOUT RELIGIOUS CONVERSION. THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR ASKED THE CHURCH AND PRINCES IN THE WEST TO ASSIST THEM IN MAKING THE HOLY LAND SAFE FOR CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS AND PLIGRIMS. POPE URBAN II CALLED FOR A CRUSADE OF CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS TO RALLY TO THE AID OF CONSTANTINOPLE AT THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT IN 1095. KNIGHTS WOULD BE REWARDED IN LAND, MONEY, AND INDULGENCES. INDULGENCES IS THE REMOVAL OF ALL OR SOME OF THE PUNISHMENT THAT WE MUST SUFFER IN PURGATORY FOR THE EFFECTS OF OUR SINS ON EARTH. 4 CRUSADES BETWEEN 1095 & 1204 CRUSADERS WON SOME BATTLES BUT FAILED TO WIN PALESTINE BACK FROM MUSLIM CONTROL. IN THE 4TH CRUSADE CHRISTIANS DESTROYED MUCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, WHICH WAS PART OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THIS CAUSED AN EVEN BIGGER WEDGE BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CHURH. THE CHURCH WAS DEPENDENT ON THE FEUDAL SYSTEM CHURCHES CONTROLLED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LOCAL LAND , FROM WHICH THEY DERIVED AN INCOME IN THE FORM OF A SHARE OF THE PRODUCE. THE CHURCH ALSO COLLECTED TITHES AND STIPENDS FOR SERVICES. AFTERLIFE IN MEDIEVAL TIMES HEAVEN- A PLACE WHERE THEIR EARTHLY SORROWS WOULD END HELL- A PLACE WHERE THEIR TORMENTS WOULD CONTINUE FOR ETERNITY. WHAT REALLY MATTER? POSSESSIONS DO NOT MATTER TO GOD! HE CARES ABOUT WHO WE ARE! CHRISTIANS LOVE AND WORSHIP GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS OUR LOVE OF GOD KEEPS US FROM BECOMING ATTACHED TO WORDLY THINGS. GALILEO WAS CALLED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE HOLY OFFICE OF THE INQUISITION IN ROME. HE WAS INVESTIGATED BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH REVOLVED AROUND THE SUN, WHICH CONFLICTED WITH THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH. GALILEO’S DAUGHTER SISTER CELESTE WROTE LETTERS TO HER FATHER TO SHOW HER SUPPORT AND REMIND HIM TO TRUST IN GOD. HER LIFE IN THE CONVENT WAS NOT EASY DUE TO A LACK OF MATERIAL THINGS. THE LACK OF MATERIAL THINGS LET THE SISTERS KNOW GOD BETTER! PSALTER MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN MEDIEVAL TIMES IT IS A VERSION OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS. BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS HELP BRING THE WORDS OF THE PSALMS TO LIFE.