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From Innocent III to Vatican II: Crusades, Religious Freedom, and the Magisterium
From Innocent III to Vatican II: Crusades, Religious Freedom, and the Magisterium By Michael Lofton I recently read a fascinating paper on the Albigensian Crusade, which shows that Pope Innocent III issued multiple papal documents authorizing the use of force against a group of non-combatant heretics in France. In return, lay participants who took up…
