Blogs For Victory

First quote:

…Let the deeds of your ancestors move you and incite your minds to manly achievements; the glory and greatness of king Charles the Great, and of his son Louis, and of your other kings, who have destroyed the kingdoms of the pagans, and have extended in these lands the territory of the holy church. Let the holy sepulchre of the Lord our Saviour, which is possessed by unclean nations, especially incite you, and the holy places which are now treated with ignominy and irreverently polluted with their filthiness. Oh, most valiant soldiers and descendants of invincible ancestors, be not degenerate, but recall the valor of your progenitors… – Pope Urban II, 1095, preaching the First Crusade

Second quote:

…I think the killing of an unarmed man is always going to leave a very uncomfortable feeling, because it doesn’t look as if justice is seen to be done in those circumstances… – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, 2011, commenting on the killing of Osama bin Laden

Have we lost something over the past 1,000 years? Perhaps a bit of raw courage and determination?

Discuss.