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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Did Crusaders believe "killing infidels" would gain them heaven?



Peter, one of our subscribers on youtube, asks an interesting question: did crusaders of the Middle Ages believe that killing infidels would earn them heaven? He asks this after viewing the scene in Kingdom of Heaven in which a crazed preacher is shown proclaiming that killing infidels is "the path to heaven". But is this idea historically accurate? J Stephen analyzes the issue. 

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