Can you name any religious wars where Christians specifically fought against other Christians?

Question

I am looking for any wars or conflicts in which different christian sects fought each other. I'm not looking for some asinine answer saying true christians don't fight wars.

Answer 1

the hugenots in french [protestants] killed and attacked many catholics, causing them to retaliate and kill many of them.

Answer 2

What's wrong you didn't like the answers the first time you asked this?

Why don't you look into the Knights Templar vs. the other crusader orders if you want specific examples of people who went around calling themselves 'chrisitians' and killing one another?

I'm assuming you are trying to pull out an answer like 'no, christians never fight one another, only the other religions do that'. Well, maybe you should try picking up a history book and learning instead of guessing. Christianity has a very long and bloody history.

Answer 3

Wars against the Papal States in Italy.
The war between the Catholics and the Cathars (due to the Albigencian heresy)
One of the Crusades in which the Christians from western Europe attacked Constantinople instead.
Probably many more.

Answer 4

The Spanish Inquisition. It really wasn't officially a 'war' but there was bloodshed none the less. The Roman Catholics were persecuting the 'heretics', who were the then Protestant reformers. This occurred about 200 years before Martin Luther and the real break from Catholicism.

Answer 5

NO!!! but first of all, lets point out that the word "Christian" has many religions.

Most mistakes on religious questions, is that the asker fails to specify which Christian religion.

Catholic?.......Baptist Christian?......Jehovah Witness?........Mormen?.........Methidist?......

these and more call them self Christian, because "Christian" simply means we all believe in One God, and it's the same God that all these religions have in common.

However, they do not study the same, nor do they agree on what death holds, exc.
the religion them self, are very different, but all of them are Christian.

Now that it is cleared up, NO, I dont know of any serious war involving Christians against one another. I never herd of it as well. But I could be wrong.

Answer 6

Not sure what you are fishing for here as you already asked this. There are numerous wars where Christian fought Christian.

Answer 7

Battle of Britain
US&Allies vs Germany
Northern Ireland

Answer 8

The American Civil War and the Revolutionary War. I'm sure there are many more.

Answer 9

Religious wars?

unless you can show me Scriptural religious war, according to God Himself, you call any war by any name you like.

Christians killing Christians is as unscriprtual as it gets, in the new testament.

Answer 10

that's my handle Lord of the rings and Roman Catholism: JRR Tolkien exchange right into a non secular Catholic and he spent 40 years writing the Lord of the rings. He exchange into additionally a member of the Inklings and a special chum of CS Lewis (who portrays Jesus Christ because of the fact the lion Aslan in his books). once you look at it, the map of middle Earth is like comparable to that of Western Europe. here international locations are for this reason represented: Gondor = Italy Minas Tirith = Rome Isengard = Constantinople Minas Ithil = Alexandria/Jerusalem Mordor = Palestine Shire = England The characters may well be portrayed as such: Gandalf = Pope Aragorn = Christian Roman Emperor (eg Charlemagne or Constantine) Sauron = Muslim chief (eg Saladin or Suleiman the awesome) or devil Saruman = Patriach of Constantinople Sharkey’s adult men on the Shire = Protestants Denethor = different Roman Emperor(s) Frodo = Jesus Christ Samwise Gamgee = St Peter the Apostle Gollum = Judas Iscariot Orcs = Muslims/Turks the tale could characterize the history of the Crusades as properly because of the fact the history of the Catholic Church. between the climate lined are: Treason of Isengard = Scism between the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox church homes. Destruction of Isengard via treants = Plundering of Constantinople via crusaders. Plundering of the Shire = Iconoclasm and plundering of Church assets via Protestants. The conflict with Mordor represents the Crusades, that are ongoing and could consequence in stalemate or defeat if no longer for the movements of Frodo in bringing the hoop to Mount Doom (Jesus bringing the burden of sin on the circulate at Golgotha/Calvary.) Frodo is accompanied via his servant, the uncomplicated Samwise Gamgee (portraying St Peter) and the treacherous Gollum (portraying Judas Iscariot). by using Gollum’s (and Judas’) greed, the venture of Frodo (and Jesus) exchange into effective. Coming to think of roughly it, the 5 Istari (or Wizards) could characterize the 5 historical Apostolic Sees of historical Christianity. The 5 Istari are: Saruman the White (representing the Patriarch of Constantinople) Gandalf the grey (representing the Patriarch of Rome / Pope) Radagast the Brown (representing the Patriarch of Jerusalem) Alatar & Pallando the Blue (representing the Patriarchs of Antioch and Alexandria – unsure it quite is which)

Answer 11

As mr danger said I believe Ireland has had one for years between the Catholics and Protestants.