Fire and Sword: Crusade, Inquisition, Reformation DVD

Opponents of the Church demand to know, "How can the Catholic Church be the true Church when she tortured and killed Jews, Muslims and even other Christians?" "How can a truly Christian Church be responsible for bloody religious wars, when Christ said, 'Turn the other cheek'?" "How can this Church, with the blood of millions on her hands dare to condemn 'a woman's right to choose'?" Holy War In the presentation on the Crusades, you'll discover the true motives and methods of the Christian Crusaders and the nature of their struggle with Islam. Following the example of the best current scholarship, modern medievalists going directly to primary sources for their research. They've discovered that Protestant and secular bias has rejected out-of-hand, the well-documented motives of the Crusaders in favor of a projection of their own anti-Catholicism. Surprisingly, the supply of written records from the Middle Ages is both large and largely ignored. Even many Catholics will be surprised by what they contain! Catholic Kryptonite? You'll have your eyes opened to new perspectives and, perhaps most importantly, you'll more readily understand why certain forces (even within the Catholic Church herself) are so fervently dedicated to keeping the old myths alive. Fire and Sword: The Crusades explodes the many myths surrounding these crucial episodes in Salvation History and will positively empower you to better defend the Church that Christ established. Questions Answered: Were the Crusades justified? How can “Holy War” be reconciled with the teachings of Christ? And are the Crusades really responsible for modern Muslim resentment of the west? What was the real motive behind the Crusades? Was the medieval Church corrupt? Are the Crusades responsible for modern Muslim resentment of the West? Why should the Middle Ages rightly be called the "Age of Faith?" What does modern scholarship say about the Crusades

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