*sits comfortably in front row of Westminster Abbey as the Abbot speaks from his vellum, kneeling in front of the altar*
"Almighty One, we come to you in prayer, and ask you for your pinions to watch over us in these times of woe. There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek, you, the one true God. It is for this reason that you have brought to this Earth. To be purified and cleansed of our sins through good works, so that we may escape the fires of purgatory and be instead rewarded through eternal repose with You.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles! Only the righteous may avoid walking the path of the dammed - through penance done in service to Him.
The noble followers of Christ must come to the aid their fellow Christians in the East. The infidel Turks are advancing into the heart of Eastern Christendom; Christians are being oppressed and attacked; churches and holy places are being defiled!
Jerusalem is groaning under the Saracen yoke - even its holy name as the high place of God has been stripped from it! The Holy Sepulchre is in Moslem hands and has been turned into a mosque! Pilgrims are harassed and even prevented from access to the Holy Land.
The pious West must march to the defense of the pious East. All should go, rich and poor alike. The Franks and Austrians have turned their face from God - they must be made to stop their internal wars and squabbles. Let them seek penance, and go instead against the infidel and fight a righteous war.
God himself will lead them, for they will be doing His work. There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ. Here they are poor and miserable sinners; there they will be rich and happy. Let none hesitate; they must march at once. God wills it!"
*kneels with the approving parishioners and begins reciting the Apostles Creed*
"Almighty One, we come to you in prayer, and ask you for your pinions to watch over us in these times of woe. There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek, you, the one true God. It is for this reason that you have brought to this Earth. To be purified and cleansed of our sins through good works, so that we may escape the fires of purgatory and be instead rewarded through eternal repose with You.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles! Only the righteous may avoid walking the path of the dammed - through penance done in service to Him.
The noble followers of Christ must come to the aid their fellow Christians in the East. The infidel Turks are advancing into the heart of Eastern Christendom; Christians are being oppressed and attacked; churches and holy places are being defiled!
Jerusalem is groaning under the Saracen yoke - even its holy name as the high place of God has been stripped from it! The Holy Sepulchre is in Moslem hands and has been turned into a mosque! Pilgrims are harassed and even prevented from access to the Holy Land.
The pious West must march to the defense of the pious East. All should go, rich and poor alike. The Franks and Austrians have turned their face from God - they must be made to stop their internal wars and squabbles. Let them seek penance, and go instead against the infidel and fight a righteous war.
God himself will lead them, for they will be doing His work. There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ. Here they are poor and miserable sinners; there they will be rich and happy. Let none hesitate; they must march at once. God wills it!"
*kneels with the approving parishioners and begins reciting the Apostles Creed*