Jesus instructed his disciples to purchase swords (Luke 22). Swords, of course, were designed for combat or self-defense (Christ's purpose for the disciples). From the time of Christ onward, Christians served in the Roman legions (e.g. Cornelius in Acts 10).
@@pinkfloydguy7781accually not, they fought with their soldiers and defended their homes or If they were crusading (depending on the crusade) were protecting all of christianity
Warriors of Truth - yes! We need bishops who are willing to die for the Truth, never to betray it, always willing to proclaim it. But not to kill for it.
We just need Catholic priests to be able to marry again as corruption isn't a huge issue anymore, and also for seminary to not be filled with gay people
@@VickiNikolaidisnot into scandinavia no. For the most part vikings (viking means to go on raiding) would invade places and conquer land. That being said christian warriors might invade that land to reclaim it. And most Norwegian kings who conquered all of Norway were Christian, so in that sense Christians warriors invaded norse/viking land. But they were norse christians. Hope that helps a little bro.
During the Battle of Grunwald or First Battle of Tannenberg[15 July 1410] Young Zbigniew Olesnicki, killed a german knight, Dypold von Kockritz. In later years Olesnicki became a Bishop of Cracov, and a Cardinal.
Ever heard of Leonidas Polk, the "fighting bishop"? He was a bishop of the Episcopal Church and a Lt.-General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He is buried in the Episcopal Cathedral in New Orleans.
@@brendansmith5529bah! You can still be a hero while fighting for the losing side. Even when modern sensibilities and rewritten history have obscured exactly why most of them fought.
I'm a Medieval Archaeologist and this is one of my favorite topics. I've always thought it's borderline hilarious how Medieval warrior clergy would justify their place on the battlefield by utilizing the mace. They figured since a mace is a blunt weapon and sheds no blood, then it's legal in the Kingdom of Heaven. I think a lot of people forget that warrior bishops in many cases were involved in mass conversions and setting up a framework for the Vatican's regional ambitions.
In the modern day, we understand the term "shedding blood" as just another way of saying "taking the life of." But assuming the mace thing was actually justified in that way, I don't think it was necessarily a loophole, but since the priests were the ones offering mass/the Eucharist, they needed to show respect to blood itself (since the Eucharist involves the blood of Jesus), and less so the lives of the people they were clobbering to death.
Christians always seem desperate for to find loopholes or deceive God. Like the old French aristocracy putting towels over their faces when eating songbirds. The rules aren’t even THAT hard to follow, honestly. Especially not if you only talk about the Commandments. Like, those boil down to “don’t be an asshole” and people still can’t do that. All they’re asked to do is literally nothing and that’s too much. Ridiculous.
The crusades and the entire doctrine of “Just War” are a persistent stain on His holy Church, and we can see it’s persistence in this comment section. Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison…. 🙏
To be honest, the real reason for the proliferation of warrior clergymen during the middle ages was that in many jurisdictions the bishops were the only real source of political authority, they were in charge of defense, of keeping the peace, of administration of justice and every other regular function of the state. So it's natural for them to take the lead when the army of their city or region is required to fight. If the secular institutions have been well established or as well respected as the church was, there wouldn't have been a need for the spiritual shepherds to take on the march and fight.
Exactly, hence why it is notable that in the Outremer, the place most people would imagine warrior bishops to be prominent, warrior bishops wasn’t really a thing as political authority lies in either nobles (which has a high turnover rate if you catch my drift) or the military orders, whose dedicated clergy weren’t meant to battle if they can help it either. Sure Bishops often led a city in the absence of the king or prince, such as during the siege of Jerusalem after hattin, but it was unlike the baltics where or the fiefdoms throughout europe where the political-secular sovereignty was held by the bishop in the first place. Hence why warrior bishops were probably more involved in secular wars than religious wars, barring maybe the “heatheb” frontiers of iberia and the baltics. One notable example being williams the conqueror’s half-brother odo, bishop of bayeux who was involved in the norman conquest of england and whose commisioning of the tapestry that adorned the bayeux cathedral allowl us to gain much information on the event.
There is no such thing, and never has been. Lord Jesus Christ said “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” I strongly suggest reading Matthew 5-7.
@@pinkfloydguy7781Just gonna ignore how Jesus slapped around the moneychangers, huh? Or about how God empowered Samson to slay hundreds of Philistines. Or how God commanded the Israelites to kill ALL of the Canaanites, and how mad He was when they spared some.
@@pinkfloydguy7781 using bible verses to peddle your bias? as if the bible isn't also full of examples of how god commanded his people to fight? half-truths are lies, and you should stop spewing your blasphemy and using the lords words to peddle your lies, that is absolutely sin.
@@AyEhm-ii2dp Jesus cracking a whip and slapping some money-lenders in the temple isn't quite the same as war, Samson is famously used as an example of the decline of Israel meaning God gave them the Judges they deserved not necessarily the ones that they wanted (Samson also married a pagan woman, should we also imitate that?), and in general it's poor form using the old testament wars to justify anything modern - God was acting as King of Israel in the old covenant and had to protect His people and their borders from neighboring enemies as a king is want to do, under the new covenant there is neither Jew nor Gentile in Christ and thus no enemy tribe for us to war with, only potential converts
This was a surprisingly high quality history video, appreciate the narrative weaving between generations of Church interpretations, great job and keep it up!
@@VickiNikolaidis hes right, muslims reached rome at one point, and their jihads always meant sexual slavery and the beheading of the men. The christians had enough when they firsthand saw what the muslims were doing to christians in jerusalem, of the massacres against pilgrims sponsored by the turkish emirs, and a particular case where a nun was gang raped. This news, in addition to the call for help by byzantine emperor alexios komnenos ushered pope Urban ii to declare an "altruistic war" to save the christians. The more i look into actual historical sources, the more i realize ive been lied to. The crusades wetent the "aggressors" and never were. First born lords gave up their possessions to participate in this battle. It was to a degree, actually altruistic The more i read into these sources, both christian and muslim, i find it very difficult to differentiate between these muslim jihads and the recent ISIS wave. From the very first muslim expansion to the umayyads in al-andalus(spain), to the more recent ottomans, they all were eerily similar to each other and to ISIS. So are these groups actually "extremists"? Or are they the very embodiment of islam?
And either way, it wasn't like it was his idea in a vacuum. The Eastern Roman Emperor petitioned him for help. The Pope put out the call for troops from Western Christendom to go to the aid of the East. They answered the call and it took the form of the Crusade.
Their is so many soldier priest in history one of them is my insparation Fr. Julian bermejo he improve the defense and governace and fight the moro pirate. He ended the moro raid in visayas.
I loved the video, but I disagree with the conclusion that this is a thing of the past, and invite anyone who watched this to type "military chaplains in action" into the search bar.
However Modern Military Chaplains do not engage in actual combat. They can be in combat to provide rites for the fallen, but are not allowed by the clergy to use a firearm excepr for defense.
Been saying it for years, if churches had warrior monks laying down brimstone and hellfire sermons waving a warhammer, their pews woukd be full. The noodle arm cake and raffle merchants of today dont cut it.
Not even true, latin masses are overflowing all over the west, no warrior monks needed, just a respite from modernity...too bad the pontiff is a seeming heretic pushing schism, he wants that destroyed because it threatens the comfort of people Christ says he will send to hell.
During the Lebanese civil war, in the 1970’s & 80’s, many priests and bishops held guns (some even machine guns) while celebrating Mass and other sacraments. This is because the Muslim militia would find religious gatherings as the ideal time to exterminate large groups of indigenous Christian Lebanese populations. This made perfect sense during a violent period of time with no government in charge, as without such defensive measures they wouldn’t be alive to tell the story! So yes, survival comes first, then the spiritual virtues of turning the other cheek. Today, the Iraqi and Syrian Christians who didn’t choose to fight are nearly all dead thanks to Islamic Jihadists, ISIS and other Muslim groups who developed throat cutting into an art!
Cardenal-Infante Fernando de Austria was a prince, cardinal, and general of the spanish empire. He defeated the Swedish at the battle of Nordlingen during the 30-year war.
To better understand the Medieval mentality of Christian warfare, one must recognize that they took the Old Testament seriously. This includes the Maccabees.
The Catholic Church always absorbed the good things in the local pagan cultures. In this case, dying in combat while protecting the weak is much like the christian martyrdom.
Is very unlikely that medieval bishops ever used miters during combat, it's more of a modern artistic license. Just like with kings and nobles, the main way to identify a bishop would have been for the livery they wore on their mantles or their shields, and by the size and composition of their entourage, that would include a banner bearer.
@cesargonzalez4146. I completely agree that most medieval art showing a miter atop a helm or a miter-shaped helm were due to the artist wanting to clearly identify an individual as a bishop when normal heraldry might be deemed insufficient. In later periods there might have been a parade style helm but I can’t recall ever seeing or reading about such.
Personal anecdote: I only learned that "ch" is pronounced as "k" in Greek words and place names during the break of a lecture I was delivering. The helpful hint came from an older fellow who kindly offered it, softening the blow by saying that when he was young he pronounced the "ch" in "yacht" The problem with learning our vocabulary from books is that we don't get to hear how the worlds should be pronounced. Now we have the internet to help. This is especially helpful with foreign place names like the French "Outremer".
@jonthorson3997 Fallacious claim. When the scriptures are silent on a matter, no man has the authority to presume he can do otherwise and the same applies when the scriptures do speak on a matter! The scriptures are clear when they say there is ONE mediator between man and God, the man Jesus Christ. So, my question to you is that why do you think praying to others is going to help you more than the Son of God can? The Lord Jesus Himself said - apart from me you can do nothing. Jesus said to ask in HIS name, not anyone else's. So what makes you think you know better than Him? So don't try your mental gymnastics thinking you've got sound doctrine, because you do not. You're guilty of idolatry to say the least. Start following God in accordance with the scriptures.
@@discipleajWrong, where Scripture is silent we have Church tradition to look upon. Early Christians had tradition first and the scriptures came later. The Bible was composted by the Church which from the beginning followed scriptures and tradition. It was in tradition to pray to saints (for their intercession). Protestants like to pretend that they 15 centuries later discovered proper faith while those who gave them the Scriptures were wrong for 1500 years. 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6 - "hold firm to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter."
@Yamato980 You've just undone your whole arguement. The traditions the APOSTLES wrote about. It isn't then for you to assume anything other than what is recorded in the scriptures and thus, place yourself as speaking in place of the Holy Spirit. If you can't see this logical fallacy of yours then I don't know what else to say to you.
If you guys played medieval total war 2 you can use the bishop warriors unit in the teutonic campaign, thanks to this name I discovered the existence of bishop warriors
Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, and dozens more were all God's men, leaders of God's people, and warriors who knew what to do with the exciting end of a blade. Psalms 144:1 NIV [1] Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Christianity wasn't a "cult". You don't get the most good done in the world from some "cult". You only get that from God. Apart from that pretty interesting video, i didn't even know there were any warrior bishops.
why bother with naming, even early Christian didn't care and took the 'naming' becomes them, that's why we called "Christian", which is 'non Christian' called early believer
I've noticed a trend in the last thirty or so years in the US Military. It appears as though people who were once combatants return to serve as Chaplains. I don't have statistics but I knew a couple when I was on active duty and heard of quite a few subsequently
I enjoyed this very much. I don't believe I've ever heard this topic touched on in the many history channels that I follow. If my comment and sub helps your channel, I gladly give it.
The early Christians noted that the prophecy of Isaiah 2 slowly came to pass. "He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." The world has gotten increasingly more peaceful (relatively), and thus less of a need for warriors.
@@drooskie9525 If you have the capacity and you choose not to be willing to defend other Christians being murdered you are as guilty as the perpetrators for letting them do it. God will judge you for the equivalent murders of our Christian brothers and sisters. Killing defensively is not murder.
Lust for war is of Satan, not of our Lord Jesus Christ who told Peter to put away his sword, who healed the soldier’s ear, who said “blessed are the merciful, the peacemakers”.
in medieval times, professional armies were not big, they needed to gather peasants and monks to defend their country or just war. today, the country already has their own professional army, unless it is broken and needs support from civilians
this video reminds me of a catholic Belgian missionary, Raymond de Jaegher. During WWII he has witnessed how the commies corrupted and destroyed the morality and culture of China and made him a staunch anti-communist. As a clergy he has organized a catholic anti-communism militia to assist the Kuomintang regime in Chinese civil war until 1950s. Shortly after the loss of KMT in China mainland his militia was disbanded and many members were executed by CCP government.
You missed one of the most important warrior Bishops: St. Arnulf Bishop of Metz in the late Sixth Century. He was a warlord of the Frankish Empire and he betrayed the Austrasian queen, Brunnhilde, switching his allegiance and his forces to her rivals side at the last minute, bringing about her torture and execution (torn apart by horses). Arnulf was the great grandfather of Charles Martel and Great-great-great grandfather of Charlemagne Concurrently you find the Dukes of Chur (Curia in Helvetia). For generations the Dukes were bishops (Most of them named Victor) and they were ruthless in battle. Then there was the Prince- Bishop of Constance who made an unsuccessful but bloody play for the Kingship after the death of Louis the Child, the last ruler of Charlemagne’s empire. The partnership between the Franks and the Catholic Church had two aims: first exterminating the sizable Arian Christian population of Europe and Secondly, maintaining power. It was a successful partnership
I wonder in how far Germanic ideas of leadership and divine favour played into the development of these warrior-bishops. Christian accounts of the time describe how if a leader was faced with failures and defeats in short succession, that they no longer had the favour of their patron deity, and his followers might switch allegiance to a new leader who showed they had the favour of their patron deity. Perhaps this subsequently transferred to Christianized Germanic people during the wars of extermination waged against "pagans". We see many older ideas and customs be transferred to the new Christian religiosity of the converts, at least during transitional times, if not permanently. So perhaps in some way the idea that the clerical leaders who also displayed martial prowess, something highly valued by Germanic people, saw so much support because of those older beliefs regarding leadership and divine favour. That if these bishops truly had the Christian God's favour, they'd also display martial prowess and military success. Perhaps this also plays into Carolingian and Ottonian trends towards closely integrating the churchly and wordly affairs, as ancient Germanic people had much less of a distinction between the religious and political spheres. EDIT: This is just conjecture on my part, of course.
Immensely. The Knight is a archetype that emerged from the combination of norse culture with Christianity. It's where we get our notions of the "Holy Warrior" and "Paladin" from.
It is a surprising congruence at first, but after a bit, various ways that could lead to a warrior bishop arise. I'm thinking about the eastward expansion of the early HRE. A bishop would be consecrated and sent to the the then current frontier. Gradually and organically, Europe grew from their nuclei. In considering whom precisely might shoulder the foundational weight of their task, as missionary bishops with important ecclesiastical and civil/military authority, the individual cleric would need physical abilities and strengths.
Nice job, The mystery of the Divine Providence, the necessity of time in the Church, can we derive absolute judgement. Moses held his staff up ....., And this is today we are here.
@@markgarrett3647 Yeah, he made alliances with anyone against anyone he thought would further the French king's power. He actually personally commanded troops against the Huguenots at La Rochelle, so was happy to fight Protestants, too!
The cure for male depression is becoming a warrior bishop.
For a select few... such a narrow path would be unattainable for the masses.
@Pious_Imagination77 then become levvies
100% my Son
A cure. Another is having a trade
@@texastacoss Revive the Militant Orders, there will be no shortage of applicants.
" Those who live by the sword will die by the sword" said the bishop, " Now hand me my mace".
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Christ love you're humor 😂
Jesus instructed his disciples to purchase swords (Luke 22). Swords, of course, were designed for combat or self-defense (Christ's purpose for the disciples). From the time of Christ onward, Christians served in the Roman legions (e.g. Cornelius in Acts 10).
“A shepherd must tend his flock, and at times… fight off the wolves”
Ah a fellow patriot
A cultured man, worthy of brotherhood.
Based and cultured
Fr. Gregory making sure they rest peacefully... with non-peaceful means.
Let’s be real, not many things more intimidating than a Holy Warrior
A holy warrior is the most terrifying thing to a cynical and materialistic world
I think this is it. Peak Masculinity.
Nice!
No, it's not. It's all just evil human stupidity.
Agree 👍
More like peak blasphemy, peak perversion of the teachings and example of our Lord Jesus Christ.
@@pinkfloydguy7781accually not, they fought with their soldiers and defended their homes or If they were crusading (depending on the crusade) were protecting all of christianity
If you don't come to the Sunday sermon, the Sunday sermon will come to you.
Did they move diagonally?
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I need a warrior queen!
He's riding a horse maybe be can either move diagonally and L-shaped
@@newt4050he can also hop over others
🤔So that’s what inspired the chess piece?…
Good question, I always thought the bishop was just there because without the bishops you have no King and Queen.
@@user-mg5ed3qk1bthat makes sense too.
Not quite
@@krevula well what did?
@@user-mg5ed3qk1b Perhaps they mean that Kings and Queens didn't require bishops. Royalty has existed long before Christianity.
MAKE BISHOPS WARRIORS AGAIN!
It’s not what Christ wants
They are warriors still, but not the way you may think. I personally thank God for giving us Bishop Robert Barron 🙏
Anathema
@philippedrolet612 it may be their unique cross to bear. God's plan is different for everyone.
Warriors of Truth - yes! We need bishops who are willing to die for the Truth, never to betray it, always willing to proclaim it. But not to kill for it.
we need more Warrior Bishops in Europe and America now more than ever
We just need Catholic priests to be able to marry again as corruption isn't a huge issue anymore, and also for seminary to not be filled with gay people
we need less religious extremism not more
@@dylanmartin9190Silence, degenerate.
Blasphemy
@@dylanmartin9190 Bro be quiet
Im supposed to be studying but here I am going down a rabbit hold of warrior Bishops
One of these bishops fought against the Vikings in Paris during a seige with a longbow and spear.
Didn't warrior Christians invade Viking land to take it over?
@@VickiNikolaidisnot into scandinavia no. For the most part vikings (viking means to go on raiding) would invade places and conquer land. That being said christian warriors might invade that land to reclaim it.
And most Norwegian kings who conquered all of Norway were Christian, so in that sense Christians warriors invaded norse/viking land. But they were norse christians.
Hope that helps a little bro.
@@VickiNikolaidisAnd then once Christian rulers controlled scandinavia paganism slowly died out. "Mostly peacefully" but by force in some occasions.
@@megamungis ok. I just learned from history Prof the other way around thanks @megamungis! I generalized the info too much!
PALADIN!!! These are so cool, I can't believe more of them are not being in popular media.
@@jannguerrero That is true. Obviously I am referring to the modern fantasy archetype, but a battle monk comes very, close if you ask me
@@ivansalamon7028 what about the currently existing chaplains
Unfortunately they were only able to move diagonally
@@Samuelsnowdon-l7y ?
Check out the western television series .. Paladin
During the Battle of Grunwald or First Battle of Tannenberg[15 July 1410] Young Zbigniew Olesnicki, killed a german knight, Dypold von Kockritz. In later years Olesnicki became a Bishop of Cracov, and a Cardinal.
" In the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit.... catch these hands heretic " .. warrior bishop
Ever heard of Leonidas Polk, the "fighting bishop"? He was a bishop of the Episcopal Church and a Lt.-General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He is buried in the Episcopal Cathedral in New Orleans.
Leonidas is a fitting name, absolute chad
“Absolute Chad” why exactly? Fighting for the Confederacy is not a good look
@@brendansmith5529bah! You can still be a hero while fighting for the losing side. Even when modern sensibilities and rewritten history have obscured exactly why most of them fought.
@@brendansmith5529 pskarnaq is right
Herritic! One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church!
I'm a Medieval Archaeologist and this is one of my favorite topics. I've always thought it's borderline hilarious how Medieval warrior clergy would justify their place on the battlefield by utilizing the mace. They figured since a mace is a blunt weapon and sheds no blood, then it's legal in the Kingdom of Heaven. I think a lot of people forget that warrior bishops in many cases were involved in mass conversions and setting up a framework for the Vatican's regional ambitions.
no need to justify what your lord did himself honestly.
In the modern day, we understand the term "shedding blood" as just another way of saying "taking the life of." But assuming the mace thing was actually justified in that way, I don't think it was necessarily a loophole, but since the priests were the ones offering mass/the Eucharist, they needed to show respect to blood itself (since the Eucharist involves the blood of Jesus), and less so the lives of the people they were clobbering to death.
Christians always seem desperate for to find loopholes or deceive God. Like the old French aristocracy putting towels over their faces when eating songbirds. The rules aren’t even THAT hard to follow, honestly. Especially not if you only talk about the Commandments. Like, those boil down to “don’t be an asshole” and people still can’t do that. All they’re asked to do is literally nothing and that’s too much. Ridiculous.
The crusades and the entire doctrine of “Just War” are a persistent stain on His holy Church, and we can see it’s persistence in this comment section. Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison…. 🙏
You have my dream job
To be honest, the real reason for the proliferation of warrior clergymen during the middle ages was that in many jurisdictions the bishops were the only real source of political authority, they were in charge of defense, of keeping the peace, of administration of justice and every other regular function of the state. So it's natural for them to take the lead when the army of their city or region is required to fight. If the secular institutions have been well established or as well respected as the church was, there wouldn't have been a need for the spiritual shepherds to take on the march and fight.
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Exactly, hence why it is notable that in the Outremer, the place most people would imagine warrior bishops to be prominent, warrior bishops wasn’t really a thing as political authority lies in either nobles (which has a high turnover rate if you catch my drift) or the military orders, whose dedicated clergy weren’t meant to battle if they can help it either. Sure Bishops often led a city in the absence of the king or prince, such as during the siege of Jerusalem after hattin, but it was unlike the baltics where or the fiefdoms throughout europe where the political-secular sovereignty was held by the bishop in the first place. Hence why warrior bishops were probably more involved in secular wars than religious wars, barring maybe the “heatheb” frontiers of iberia and the baltics. One notable example being williams the conqueror’s half-brother odo, bishop of bayeux who was involved in the norman conquest of england and whose commisioning of the tapestry that adorned the bayeux cathedral allowl us to gain much information on the event.
My uncle is a bishop. Now I know what he does on his weekends!
Urban II wasn't the one who declared "deus vult". It was an unknown member of the the crowd at Pope Urban II's address to the Council of Clermont.
What the world needs most right now is Holy Warriors
There is no such thing, and never has been.
Lord Jesus Christ said “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” I strongly suggest reading Matthew 5-7.
@@pinkfloydguy7781Just gonna ignore how Jesus slapped around the moneychangers, huh?
Or about how God empowered Samson to slay hundreds of Philistines.
Or how God commanded the Israelites to kill ALL of the Canaanites, and how mad He was when they spared some.
@@pinkfloydguy7781 using bible verses to peddle your bias? as if the bible isn't also full of examples of how god commanded his people to fight? half-truths are lies, and you should stop spewing your blasphemy and using the lords words to peddle your lies, that is absolutely sin.
@@AyEhm-ii2dp Jesus cracking a whip and slapping some money-lenders in the temple isn't quite the same as war, Samson is famously used as an example of the decline of Israel meaning God gave them the Judges they deserved not necessarily the ones that they wanted (Samson also married a pagan woman, should we also imitate that?), and in general it's poor form using the old testament wars to justify anything modern - God was acting as King of Israel in the old covenant and had to protect His people and their borders from neighboring enemies as a king is want to do, under the new covenant there is neither Jew nor Gentile in Christ and thus no enemy tribe for us to war with, only potential converts
Suddenly my bishop isn’t as cool as I thought he was 5 minutes ago. lol JK I love my bishop.
I prefer the Rook/ Castle playing piece over the Bishop's!!
This was a surprisingly high quality history video, appreciate the narrative weaving between generations of Church interpretations, great job and keep it up!
Great video, just a quick note: Urban did not instigate the conflict, the crusades were a response to centuries of Muslim aggression.
I don't think so
@@VickiNikolaidisyou think wrong
@@VickiNikolaidis hes right, muslims reached rome at one point, and their jihads always meant sexual slavery and the beheading of the men. The christians had enough when they firsthand saw what the muslims were doing to christians in jerusalem, of the massacres against pilgrims sponsored by the turkish emirs, and a particular case where a nun was gang raped. This news, in addition to the call for help by byzantine emperor alexios komnenos ushered pope Urban ii to declare an "altruistic war" to save the christians.
The more i look into actual historical sources, the more i realize ive been lied to. The crusades wetent the "aggressors" and never were. First born lords gave up their possessions to participate in this battle. It was to a degree, actually altruistic
The more i read into these sources, both christian and muslim, i find it very difficult to differentiate between these muslim jihads and the recent ISIS wave. From the very first muslim expansion to the umayyads in al-andalus(spain), to the more recent ottomans, they all were eerily similar to each other and to ISIS. So are these groups actually "extremists"? Or are they the very embodiment of islam?
And either way, it wasn't like it was his idea in a vacuum. The Eastern Roman Emperor petitioned him for help. The Pope put out the call for troops from Western Christendom to go to the aid of the East. They answered the call and it took the form of the Crusade.
Haven't you been watching British news lately? Self defense is a violent act of racism now.
Heil Christ Ave Maria Glory to the father son and holy spirit 🇻🇦✝️
"We can't expect Our Lord to do all the work."
So they're basically like the Space Marine chaplains from Warhammer 40K. Nice.
The other way around.
@@josephsolowyk7697 Yup. 40k is just medieval ages in space, with a hodgepodge addition of fantasy races and military authoritarianism.
Don't disrespect history like that with wokehammer 40k
@@The_Okami WOKEHAMMER 🗣🗣🗣
Tf is wrong with you man
Their is so many soldier priest in history one of them is my insparation Fr. Julian bermejo he improve the defense and governace and fight the moro pirate. He ended the moro raid in visayas.
San Tiago y Cierra, España!
Spain looks to be in need of Reconquista, yet again.
I loved the video, but I disagree with the conclusion that this is a thing of the past, and invite anyone who watched this to type "military chaplains in action" into the search bar.
Modern chaplains in many cases were sending souls en masse to God before they decided to start saving souls instead.
However Modern Military Chaplains do not engage in actual combat. They can be in combat to provide rites for the fallen, but are not allowed by the clergy to use a firearm excepr for defense.
If I were a chaplain I'd take a very expansive view of the term "self defence."
@@woodsghost9088 "proactive self defense"
Considering most of the time they're fighting Muslim insurgents, could we in fact count any Chaplins that fought as Crusader knights??
Been saying it for years, if churches had warrior monks laying down brimstone and hellfire sermons waving a warhammer, their pews woukd be full.
The noodle arm cake and raffle merchants of today dont cut it.
Sounds like Islam
You mean the church I pass coming home from work with a intersectional rainbow flag doesn't inspire people?
Not even true, latin masses are overflowing all over the west, no warrior monks needed, just a respite from modernity...too bad the pontiff is a seeming heretic pushing schism, he wants that destroyed because it threatens the comfort of people Christ says he will send to hell.
realest thing I have read about my thoughts about how christian faith should be displayed
Yeah these days that'd get the Catholic Church cancelled considering the current climate...
This was indeed a video you had put some thought into. Much obliged to have gotten the juice I expected to enjoy by this. Good work!
As a regular player of the computer game Medieval Total War 2, I was wondering whether the Danes actually had War Clerics, mounted priest's fighting
@@davidsaville5239 Yes
During the Lebanese civil war, in the 1970’s & 80’s, many priests and bishops held guns (some even machine guns) while celebrating Mass and other sacraments. This is because the Muslim militia would find religious gatherings as the ideal time to exterminate large groups of indigenous Christian Lebanese populations. This made perfect sense during a violent period of time with no government in charge, as without such defensive measures they wouldn’t be alive to tell the story! So yes, survival comes first, then the spiritual virtues of turning the other cheek.
Today, the Iraqi and Syrian Christians who didn’t choose to fight are nearly all dead thanks to Islamic Jihadists, ISIS and other Muslim groups who developed throat cutting into an art!
I would say one later example of a warrior bishop well past the middle ages was Cardinal Richelieu.
“The good book says he who lives by the sword, shall perish by the sword”
“What right man would have it any other way?”
FAITH pfp goes hard
Mythical Blood Meridian Reference
and to perish the one who live by sword, it's sword
Well these Catholic bishops are tough then just like the Catholic military religious orders such as the Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers
Cardenal-Infante Fernando de Austria was a prince, cardinal, and general of the spanish empire. He defeated the Swedish at the battle of Nordlingen during the 30-year war.
Always wondered why Bishops are in a chess set. Now I know.
To better understand the Medieval mentality of Christian warfare, one must recognize that they took the Old Testament seriously. This includes the Maccabees.
I live for Warrior Bishops
21:26 Martini Henry Rifle, Late 1800s, If I remember right, A Cretan Rebellion from the Ottomans was also Led by a Clergymen.
They should have boxing and weightlifting clubs in Churches
There are.
Muscular Christianity is a thing.
Good shepherd also means protector, warrior poet society is interesting angle
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@@brendansmith5529 no intention of watching goyslop
12:26 that is a priest teaching his student how to fight with a sword and buckler (small shield)
The Catholic Church always absorbed the good things in the local pagan cultures. In this case, dying in combat while protecting the weak is much like the christian martyrdom.
Much more likely a cloth miter laced atop a barrel helm as that would be less costly and easier to wear; barrel helms are not light.
Is very unlikely that medieval bishops ever used miters during combat, it's more of a modern artistic license. Just like with kings and nobles, the main way to identify a bishop would have been for the livery they wore on their mantles or their shields, and by the size and composition of their entourage, that would include a banner bearer.
@cesargonzalez4146. I completely agree that most medieval art showing a miter atop a helm or a miter-shaped helm were due to the artist wanting to clearly identify an individual as a bishop when normal heraldry might be deemed insufficient. In later periods there might have been a parade style helm but I can’t recall ever seeing or reading about such.
Durham North East England the land of the Prince Bishops,lived in castles sat on thrones had their own armies.
No mention of Cardinal Richelieu?
"I don't have enemies. France has enemies."
The coolest bishop/general was an earlier odo at the siege of paris
Great video, I love history I never knew about warrior clergy/ bishops ! I’m going to watch more of your videos !
Incredible work! Glad I found this.
Personal anecdote: I only learned that "ch" is pronounced as "k" in Greek words and place names during the break of a lecture I was delivering. The helpful hint came from an older fellow who kindly offered it, softening the blow by saying that when he was young he pronounced the "ch" in "yacht"
The problem with learning our vocabulary from books is that we don't get to hear how the worlds should be pronounced. Now we have the internet to help. This is especially helpful with foreign place names like the French "Outremer".
Well researched. Well produced. Well done.
OUR LADY OF PEACE
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Where does it say in the bible to pray to Mary?
@@therabman_5606where does the sacred scriptures prohibit asking people in gods presence for prayers?
@jonthorson3997 Fallacious claim. When the scriptures are silent on a matter, no man has the authority to presume he can do otherwise and the same applies when the scriptures do speak on a matter! The scriptures are clear when they say there is ONE mediator between man and God, the man Jesus Christ.
So, my question to you is that why do you think praying to others is going to help you more than the Son of God can? The Lord Jesus Himself said - apart from me you can do nothing. Jesus said to ask in HIS name, not anyone else's. So what makes you think you know better than Him?
So don't try your mental gymnastics thinking you've got sound doctrine, because you do not. You're guilty of idolatry to say the least. Start following God in accordance with the scriptures.
@@discipleajWrong, where Scripture is silent we have Church tradition to look upon.
Early Christians had tradition first and the scriptures came later. The Bible was composted by the Church which from the beginning followed scriptures and tradition. It was in tradition to pray to saints (for their intercession). Protestants like to pretend that they 15 centuries later discovered proper faith while those who gave them the Scriptures were wrong for 1500 years.
2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6 - "hold firm to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter."
@Yamato980 You've just undone your whole arguement.
The traditions the APOSTLES wrote about. It isn't then for you to assume anything other than what is recorded in the scriptures and thus, place yourself as speaking in place of the Holy Spirit.
If you can't see this logical fallacy of yours then I don't know what else to say to you.
If you guys played medieval total war 2 you can use the bishop warriors unit in the teutonic campaign, thanks to this name I discovered the existence of bishop warriors
An excellent game :)
Huh, always thought the Norse War Clerics from Medieval 2 was inaccurate, glad I was wrong!
Heroes
Absolutely the opposite.
Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, and dozens more were all God's men, leaders of God's people, and warriors who knew what to do with the exciting end of a blade.
Psalms 144:1 NIV
[1] Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
That is so badass.
Christianity wasn't a "cult". You don't get the most good done in the world from some "cult". You only get that from God. Apart from that pretty interesting video, i didn't even know there were any warrior bishops.
why bother with naming, even early Christian didn't care and took the 'naming' becomes them, that's why we called "Christian", which is 'non Christian' called early believer
So paladins and clerics. That’s really cool
Grew up 5 miles from mold! Never knew this
I've noticed a trend in the last thirty or so years in the US Military. It appears as though people who were once combatants return to serve as Chaplains. I don't have statistics but I knew a couple when I was on active duty and heard of quite a few subsequently
Yeah, I once went to Confession with a Catholic priest who’d been an US Army Scout Sniper during Operation Desert Storm.
Please check also Garcia de Menezes, Bishop of Évora (Portugal), 1420 - 1484.
Warrior bishops had a very different definition of going clubbing.
I'm just going to say it, they're real-life paladins y'all.
“Let he who has no sword; sell his cloak and buy one.”
There are warrior monks in Buddhism ☸️ too.
Shaolin monks.
I enjoyed this very much. I don't believe I've ever heard this topic touched on in the many history channels that I follow. If my comment and sub helps your channel, I gladly give it.
This is the definition of "God will forgive them, but I'll send them to him myself"
The Romans left and the Warrior Bishops came
we need that back in the Christian world
Read Matthew 5-7 right now. Lord have mercy on you.
The early Christians noted that the prophecy of Isaiah 2 slowly came to pass.
"He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."
The world has gotten increasingly more peaceful (relatively), and thus less of a need for warriors.
@@drooskie9525 If you have the capacity and you choose not to be willing to defend other Christians being murdered you are as guilty as the perpetrators for letting them do it. God will judge you for the equivalent murders of our Christian brothers and sisters. Killing defensively is not murder.
true, our brethren in Africa and the middle east need help
@@Elzimbabwe. many deceive by the world, we forgot that we can defend ourselves if we are able to do it
9:33 cainmail under a squirrel fur robe. The triangles are the patterns the fur makes.
Pretty much the inspiration for the Cleric from RPGs
I feel like going on a crusade now ❤
Lust for war is of Satan, not of our Lord Jesus Christ who told Peter to put away his sword, who healed the soldier’s ear, who said “blessed are the merciful, the peacemakers”.
Cool subject matter - one i haven't seen covered elsewhere. Your pronunciation could use a tune in a couple places - but overall , a very nice job.
in medieval times, professional armies were not big, they needed to gather peasants and monks to defend their country or just war. today, the country already has their own professional army, unless it is broken and needs support from civilians
In M2TW: Kingdoms - Denmark Campaign, they have a unit called "Norse War Clerics"
Great work, thank you.
Warhammer 40k/Fantasy enters th chat
Also what's the background music called?
this video reminds me of a catholic Belgian missionary, Raymond de Jaegher. During WWII he has witnessed how the commies corrupted and destroyed the morality and culture of China and made him a staunch anti-communist. As a clergy he has organized a catholic anti-communism militia to assist the Kuomintang regime in Chinese civil war until 1950s. Shortly after the loss of KMT in China mainland his militia was disbanded and many members were executed by CCP government.
"I kick arse for the Lord!"
Fun fact : you can play as a warrior bishop in the Medieval Kingdoms 1212 mod for Total War : Attila
Bitch, there are Bishop Warriors in Medieval II - Total War, the daddy of all Total War games.
-Back in my day, our leaders said "follow me", and meant it - 👴🏼
I don't need a sword and shield. I have my plastic Jesus riding on the dashboard of my car.
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A true Paladin
Paladin
An absolute unit.
Damn that was a good ass video🫡
Does Hubert Walter count as a warrior?
You missed one of the most important warrior Bishops: St. Arnulf Bishop of Metz in the late Sixth Century. He was a warlord of the Frankish Empire and he betrayed the Austrasian queen, Brunnhilde, switching his allegiance and his forces to her rivals side at the last minute, bringing about her torture and execution (torn apart by horses). Arnulf was the great grandfather of Charles Martel and Great-great-great grandfather of Charlemagne Concurrently you find the Dukes of Chur (Curia in Helvetia). For generations the Dukes were bishops (Most of them named Victor) and they were ruthless in battle. Then there was the Prince- Bishop of Constance who made an unsuccessful but bloody play for the Kingship after the death of Louis the Child, the last ruler of Charlemagne’s empire. The partnership between the Franks and the Catholic Church had two aims: first exterminating the sizable Arian Christian population of Europe and Secondly, maintaining power. It was a successful partnership
This video is cool 😎
Great video composure and pacing
I wonder in how far Germanic ideas of leadership and divine favour played into the development of these warrior-bishops. Christian accounts of the time describe how if a leader was faced with failures and defeats in short succession, that they no longer had the favour of their patron deity, and his followers might switch allegiance to a new leader who showed they had the favour of their patron deity. Perhaps this subsequently transferred to Christianized Germanic people during the wars of extermination waged against "pagans". We see many older ideas and customs be transferred to the new Christian religiosity of the converts, at least during transitional times, if not permanently. So perhaps in some way the idea that the clerical leaders who also displayed martial prowess, something highly valued by Germanic people, saw so much support because of those older beliefs regarding leadership and divine favour. That if these bishops truly had the Christian God's favour, they'd also display martial prowess and military success.
Perhaps this also plays into Carolingian and Ottonian trends towards closely integrating the churchly and wordly affairs, as ancient Germanic people had much less of a distinction between the religious and political spheres.
EDIT: This is just conjecture on my part, of course.
Immensely. The Knight is a archetype that emerged from the combination of norse culture with Christianity. It's where we get our notions of the "Holy Warrior" and "Paladin" from.
It is a surprising congruence at first, but after a bit, various ways that could lead to a warrior bishop arise. I'm thinking about the eastward expansion of the early HRE. A bishop would be consecrated and sent to the the then current frontier. Gradually and organically, Europe grew from their nuclei.
In considering whom precisely might shoulder the foundational weight of their task, as missionary bishops with important ecclesiastical and civil/military authority, the individual cleric would need physical abilities and strengths.
Nice job, The mystery of the Divine Providence, the necessity of time in the Church, can we derive absolute judgement. Moses held his staff up ....., And this is today we are here.
This feels so WarHammer 40.000-esque.
Many of these guys was all about how many titles they can have rather than how religious they were.
What a sad modernist misinterpretation of these great warriors
Projection detected
I'm surprised that Cardinal Richelieu wasn't mentioned. Still, excellent video!
Nah he's just a fiendish trickster and manipulator who provoked and waged wars against his fellow Catholics safe behind his chateau.
Didn't he provoked, instigated and waged wars against his fellow Catholics for the despotic French monarchy?
@@markgarrett3647 Yeah, he made alliances with anyone against anyone he thought would further the French king's power. He actually personally commanded troops against the Huguenots at La Rochelle, so was happy to fight Protestants, too!
@@TheDungeonMinister Sounds like a creature of the Bourbons than a servant of the Catholic Church.
Sounds like a creature of the Bourbons than a servant of the Catholic Church.
Hmmm.
So thats the origin of the Warrior Bishops in chess.
havent watched yet but priest king and prophet
15:22 he was a Cistercian monk, a reform of Benedictines.
Leonidas Pope in the American civil war was an Episcopalians bishop!