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In Late Antiquity, Christian writers of hagiography, prominently including Sulpicius Severus in his account of the heroic, military life of Martin of Tours, created a literary model that reflected the new spiritual, political, and social ideals of a post-Roman society. In a study of Anglo-Saxon soldier saints (Damon 2003), J. E. Damon has ...
This is a list of some members of the Knights Templar, a powerful Christian military order during the time of the Crusades. At peak, the Order had approximately 20,000 members. The Knights Templar were led by the Grand Master, originally based in Jerusalem, whose deputy was the Seneschal. Next in importance was the Marshal, who was responsible ...
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A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights.
In the late 20th century, several Christian denominations preached a complete ban on all combatant service, including Seventh-day Adventists, [28] Jehovah's Witnesses [29] and Christadelphians, [30] as well as Anabaptists such as Mennonites and the Amish. This can lead to social pressure and possible arrest, especially during times of war. [31 ...
Serbian Orthodox archpriest Vukajlo Božović was a guerilla leader in the Kosovo Vilayet.. Throughout history, armed priests or soldier priests have been recorded. Distinguished from military chaplains, who are non-combatants that provided spiritual guidance to service personnel and associated civilians, these priests took up arms and fought in conflicts as combatants.
Thomas Becket, 1170 - The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages. [74] Berard of Carbio and companions, 1220; Serapion of Algiers, 1240; Buzád Hahót, 1241; Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260; Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians; Tsar Lazar, 1389 [75 ...
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.