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In 1209 Pope Innocent II preached a great crusade against the French rebels. This has gone down in history as the Albigensian crusade, one of the bloodiest chapters in Christianity's past. Half of France was exterminated. When the papal legate was asked how heretics were to be distinguished from the faithful, he replied, "Kill them all; God will know his own."

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

Once the crusading system was established, it was turned on other enemies of the church closer to home and became the standard method for dealing with European heathens and heretics. Between 1236 and 1283 a crusade of extermination was preached against the pagan Prussians by Pope Honorius, and carried out by the Teutonic Knights. The Christian Brethren of the Sword similarly converted Livonia and Courland. Armies of the Christian Dukes of Poland forced the Wends to accept Christian baptism and vassalage. The Lithuanians stubbornly clung to their paganism to the end of the 14th century, but eventually they too were Christianized by the sword.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

Pope Urban II tried to solve the problem by initiating crusades in the east, on the pretext of converting the Saracens' possessions in the "Holy Land" into Christian fiefs. In 1095 he instigated the People's Crusade as a combination of penitential pilgrimage and a war of conquest. It was advertised throughout Europe. All who participated were placed above restrictions of law, and promised forgiveness of sins and eternal bliss in heaven without any time spent in purgatory.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

"Holy wars" designed to wrest property away from the heathen or heretic enemies of orthodox Christianity. Crusades were usually fought by vassals of Christian overlords, including the wealthy clergy. Warriors were promised not only the standard soldiers' spoils, but also indulgences, like instant remission of sins and admission to heaven guaranteed no matter what crimes the crusader may have committed.

— Barbara G. Walker; The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets view

Now, if you can't understand the first crusade in the Middle Ages, you are not going to understand the last crusade. Because it is the same crusade, and it's been going on for a long time. That crusade is very simple, and I am going to explain that to you.

These crusades are between some very powerful secret societies in the world, that make the Mafia look like Sunday school. They are very powerful criminal secret societies in this world, and they would just scare you to death. And, they are at work in our world today. They are battling for the Holy Grail.

— Jordan Maxwell; Matrix of Power view