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Home: Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Crusade Myths - Thomas MaddenWhat is the real story of the Crusades? As you might imagine, it is a long story. But there are good histories, written in the last twenty years, that lay much of it out. For the moment, given the barrage of coverage that the Crusades are getting nowadays, it might be best to consider just what the Crusades were not. Here, then, are some of the most common myths and why they are wrong. Read more... Crusade Propaganda: The abuse of Christianity’s holy wars - Thomas F. MaddenThe crusades are quite possibly the most misunderstood event in European history. Now put this down in your notebook, because it will be on the test: The crusades were in every way a defensive war. They were the West's belated response to the Muslim conquest of fully two-thirds of the Christian world. Read more... Crusading They Went: The deeds and Misdeeds of Our Spiritual Kin - John DerbyshireIn spirit and in values, though at an immense distance, the Crusaders were our kin. While not forgetting their many transgressions, we should weep for what they lost and remember with pride their few astonishing victories. Ville gagnée! Read more... Due Process - Ronald J. Rychlak"I thank Ronald Rychlak for picking up this challenge. We are all in his debt. He has made an enormous contribution to the healing of relations among Catholics and Jews, and to the possibility of discussing important parts of our mutual past in a factual and discriminating way." - Michael Novak Read more... Early Christianity - Father John A. HardonChristianity is unique in the history of world religions. Read more... Eastern Orthodoxy - Fr. John Hardon, S.J.In modern parlance, the Orthodox are those Christians who separated from Rome in the eleventh century through the great Eastern Schism, and whose distinctive liturgical feature is the Byzantine rite and doctrinal basis the acceptance of the first seven ecumenical councils, up to the second Council of Nicea in 787. Read more... Ecumenism: In the Nick of Time - Mike AquilinaThere’s a certain kind of Catholic — usually male, but not always — who likes nothing more than a good inter-Christian tussle. Blogger Mark Shea once wrote that if these guys weren’t so devout, they’d be hanging around bars picking fights. Read more... Evidence Surfaces on Hitler Plot to Kill Pius XII - Edward PentinNew evidence about Hitler's plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII. Read more... Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) - Acton Institute"...if a legitimate prince governs tyrannically and no other means of self-defence can be found than the expulsion and deposition of the king, then the people, acting as a whole...may depose him." Read more... From religious roots, the birth of social conscience - Father Raymond J. de SouzaTwo centuries ago tomorrow, the British Parliament passed An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [>>] Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2009 - 14:43:12
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