Before the plague death was accepted and welcome. Now it was look upon as something to fear. “Some of the people were upset with the priest because they only would see the rich for money and they could not cure the plague as they had promised. (Religious Impact, 11-14-2005). In some cases it causes people to change to more extreme forms of religion like the flagellants, this was a movement that called for them to beat themselves for punishment.
Latin crusaders wished to serve Pope Urban II and with his call for crusaders many leaped at the opportunity to serve. The Crusades established the ideal of a knight, as a layman, not a monk, doing God’s work as this was the basis for which an essential moral code was to be created. These ideals were represented in the First crusade however in the later crusades the economic problems and the lack of fighters lead to significant changes in the ideals of the crusaders. The sacking of Constantinople was a huge controversy. It lead to the Latin west taking precious relics home and advocating their victory which they believed God had proclaimed to them, however Pope Innocent III debarred their actions and accused them of losing their purity and faith.
Pope Urban II looked to regain some of the power that the position of the pope had lost due to the Gregorian reforms. He used the Crusades to manipulate clergy and laity alike to achieve his own ends. The laity had various reasons for becoming involved in the Crusades. For those of the lower class, it was an attempt to better their lives in some way, even if it just meant getting them off the land they had been bound to for their whole lives. For those of the knightly class, it was a way of penance; by killing the “heathens” they were able to cleanse their sins.
The communists always tried to suppress religions anyway possible and because of Ngo Dinh Diem being Catholic and in charge of South Vietnam at the start of the resistance to the North. They felt it was a smart move to wipe as many of them out as they could. The Vietcong and North Vietnamese also had the goal of causing “…an uproar in the world and in the US….” Due to its Vietnamese cultural, historical, and political heritage, Hue was a center of international attention. The communists’ occupation and massacres there served their intents of gaining superiority at the negotiations, and especially of threatening the American people, causing them to worry about their military relatives in Vietnam up to the point of urging the US government to promptly bring
The Puritans wanted to remove all practice and rituals of Catholicism from Europe. John Winthrop and fellow Puritans were frustrated with religious activities in England, “All other Churches of Europe are brought to desolation and or sinnes”. He believed that the Church was corrupted and that the lord “Frowned upon us, doe threatens us fearfully”. Winthrop believed that England was invaded by evil and ran by a corrupted Government, and that the roots for religious learning were being disturbed. They feared to live in such sinful society, because they believed that God predestined people to salvation and others were damned for the rest of time.
The Sultan, the pashas, Hoja, and the janissaries all wanted a Muslim world with good relations with other religions minus the Christians. It was the misunderstanding of Muslims by Christians and Christians by Muslims that fueled the fire in this conflict. With the Muslims caught up with religion and not making technological advances a priority they fell to the overpowering European empires which they try to destroy. It was these misunderstandings and oppressions that brought the Ottomans to a halt but the relation that only the Hoja and the young scholar made and finally understood at the end is what draws us in to know that at least these two could co-exist without religion getting in the
They believed that Christians had the right to take control over the Non-Christians, since belief was a big control in THEIR life and later on, known as the source of the crime and a war was allowable against the Native Americans because they believed Satan was active in the New World. They believed that they were afraid of evil spirit and worshipped them due to to fear. This thought lead the Europeans to create an image of wildness and savageness onto the natives, and ultimately conveyed “a war against men who are like beast” (The War on Indigenous People,
He believed that the Catholic church was corrupt for selling indulgences as penance for sins in that the sale was a way for the Church to exploit the unfortunate and poor (Reformation 5). The final push for the need to change was the English reformation. During King Henry VIII’s rule in the sixteenth century, the Church of England was formed. He established the church because the Pope of the Catholic Church would not grant him a divorce from his wife, Catherine of Aragon. The Anglican church had many similarities to the Catholic church: similar rituals and a bible titled the Book of Common Prayere (Reformation 9).
The Christians started doing self-punishment, as they believed that would rid them of their sins and would make god happy. DOC H: The Muslims stuck together and stayed committed to their religion. They showed great care for the sick and nursed them with great respect until they eventually died. They also had religious burials for the dead. DOC K: The Christians on the other hand did the exact opposite.
There are several reasons why the Jews were as hated as they were, are, and will continue to be. The Jews refused to assimilate regardless of which culture, religion, or nation tried to entice or threaten to kill them. It is a pattern in history that regardless of the situation there always seems to be hate for the Jews. In the early years of Christianity the Christians saw The Jewish nation as a threat to their religion. The Czars were afraid of losing power so they created laws to persecute the Jews as well.