How many people, total, were murdered by Christian inquisitions and crusades?

Answer 1

No one knows.

Although there were individual atrocities in both cases, neither were Church sponsored murders. The Crusades were wars between armies and the inquisitions were legal trials.

Do not believe everything you read in the histories written by early Protestants who wished to make Catholics look as bad as possible.

+ The Crusades +

Muslim armies had conquered much of northern Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Spain, which had been some of the most heavily Christian areas in the world.

Thousands, and possibly millions, of Christians died during this drive to eventually bring the entire world under Islam.

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to check the advance of the Muslims and regain control of the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

I am sure that some atrocities were committed by both sides during this war but by most people's judgment this was a just war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade

+ The Inquisition +

Modern historians have long known that the popular view of the Inquisition is a myth. The Inquisition was actually an attempt by the Catholic Church to stop unjust executions.

Heresy was a capital offense against the state. Rulers of the state, whose authority was believed to come from God, had no patience for heretics. Neither did common people, who saw heretics as dangerous outsiders who would bring down divine wrath.

When someone was accused of heresy in the early Middle Ages, they were brought to the local lord for judgment, just as if they had stolen a pig. It was not to discern whether the accused was really a heretic. The lord needed some basic theological training, very few did. The sad result is that uncounted thousands across Europe were executed by secular authorities without fair trials or a competent judge of the crime.

The Catholic Church's response to this problem was the Inquisition, an attempt to provide fair trials for accused heretics using laws of evidence and presided over by knowledgeable judges.

From the perspective of secular authorities, heretics were traitors to God and the king and therefore deserved death. From the perspective of the Church, however, heretics were lost sheep who had strayed from the flock. As shepherds, the pope and bishops had a duty to bring them back into the fold, just as the Good Shepherd had commanded them. So, while medieval secular leaders were trying to safeguard their kingdoms, the Church was trying to save souls. The Inquisition provided a means for heretics to escape death and return to the community.

Most people tried for heresy by the Inquisition were either acquitted or had their sentences suspended. Those found guilty of grave error were allowed to confess their sin, do penance, and be restored to the Body of Christ. The underlying assumption of the Inquisition was that, like lost sheep, heretics had simply strayed.

If, however, an inquisitor determined that a particular sheep had purposely left the flock, there was nothing more that could be done. Unrepentant or obstinate heretics were excommunicated and given over to secular authorities. Despite popular myth, the Inquisition did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense, not the Church. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule.

Where did this myth come from? After 1530, the Inquisition began to turn its attention to the new heresy of Lutheranism. It was the Protestant Reformation and the rivalries it spawned that would give birth to the myth. Innumerable books and pamphlets poured from the printing presses of Protestant countries at war with Spain accusing the Spanish Inquisition of inhuman depravity and horrible atrocities in the New World.

With love in Christ.

For more information, see:
The Real Inquisition, By Thomas F. Madden, National Review (2004) http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp
Inquisition by Edward Peters (1988)
The Spanish Inquisition by Henry Kamen (1997)
The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction, By Marvin R. O'Connell (1996): http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0026.html

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

protestant propaganda would have you believe it was inumerable and all the doing of the catholic church headed by the pope of the time,which is a flat out lie. the actual number is estimated to be relatively low, although atrocities were carried out by all involved it in no way represents or reflects upon the catholic church. the crusades consisted of i thin a total of 5-6 crusades, one of which didn't even end up being fulfilled. the best resource i have seen is www.catholiceducation.org, type in crusades and inquisition in the search engine. another good resource is the programme "the one true faith". you can find a copy of the programme from ewtn.com

the estimate for the inquisition is very small aswell, the inqusitions was not headed by the catholic church,infact people under state trial would blaspheme so they could be trialed more fairly by the church. sort of like an insanity plea because they knew the state wouldn't give them a fair trial.

Answer 3

Historians distinguish between four different manifestations of the Inquisition:

Medieval Inquisition (1184 - 1230)

Spanish Inquisition (1478 - not officially abolished until 1834) Fewer than 60 were executed in Spain throughout the whole period of the Inquisition.

Portuguese Inquisition (1538 - ?)

Roman Inquisition. (1542 until the mid-1800s)

While many atrosities occured in the inquisitions, most trials were not like this. The most famous case tried by the Roman Inquisition was that of Galileo Galilei in 1633. He died under house arrest of natural in 1942 at the age of 78.

I will see if I can find the numbers for you.

Answer 4

Historians distinguish between 4 distinctive manifestations of the Inquisition: Medieval Inquisition (1184 - 1230) Spanish Inquisition (1478 - no longer formally abolished till 1834) Fewer than 60 have been carried out in Spain via making use of the excellent era of the Inquisition. Portuguese Inquisition (1538 - ?) Roman Inquisition. (1542 till the mid-1800s) mutually as many atrosities occured indoors the inquisitions, maximum trials have been in assessment to this. the suited popular case tried via the Roman Inquisition exchange into that of Galileo Galilei in 1633. He died below homestead arrest of organic and organic in 1942 on the age of seventy 8. i visit determine if i'm going to locate the numbers for you.

Answer 5

Know one knows correct figures because unfortunately too many, may be beyond imagination.

I will just quote Christians own quotations for arguments.

1:The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II
- Therefore it is not correct to say it was just a war betw-
een two armies.
-And they killed millions Muslims and Jews.
-Feet’s of their horses soaked in blood of local Muslims
and Jews.
-The land was Holy to Jews and Muslims as well, But
Christians did blood shed in Holy land.

On the other hand if you compare Conquer of Holy city of Maccah, when Prophet Muhammad entered in Maccah, He announced very clearly how to prevent blood shed and it was prevented very well.
Is there any example likethis in history?

Now just see and analyze present:
On the name of fight against terrorism how many Muslims are killed and still going on.

Near past just see,
How many Jews burned and killed in Germany.
How many Vietnamies killed and their ready fields burned and their drinking water poisoned by so called champions of Democracy very well suported by their churches, and who resisted sent in jails(Just see one example of Boxer Mohammad Ali), no one know how many unknown innocent people sent to jails or some where else no oneknows?

List is too long and space and time limits my Answer.

Answer 6

You do realize that you are beating a dead horse don't you? That was more than 900 years ago!

Christians, Muslims and Jews understand the great danger the international community is in today. The dangers of Hezbollah, Terrorists. etc.

Danger extends to the 'doorstep' of every democratic, freedom-loving nation.
So Christians, Muslims and Jews are contiually growing and learning about the values we share in common.
Christians, Muslims and Jews are accustomed to being libeled, hated, and used as scapegoats for the world's ills.
However, the difference today is that Christians and Muslims and Jews have been linked together, both by the need to defeat terrorism and our commitment to a common set of moral and spiritual values.
Given the global dangers we face today as Christians, Muslims and Jews together, we are increasingly becomming aware of the ongoing opportunities we have to forge even closer bonds. ~(~

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Answer 7

I will answer the inquisition and the crusades separately.

The total number is almost certainly between 100 million and at least 150 million innocent women, men and especially children.

+++Crusades+++

The Crusades started earlier than the inquisition.

(1095 CE) Pope Urban II did publish a Papal Bull granting general amnesty for all criminals, robbers and thieves to join an army to conquer the Muslim lands and secure Jerusalem. That Pope Urban in releasing this new law did say to the assembled mass of criminals: “Let those who have hitherto been robbers now become soldiers.”

(1096-1099) That approximately ten million (10,000,000) innocent men, women and especially children are murdered and their property stolen by the army of Peter the Hermit, priests and peasants under the legal approval of Pope “Blessed” Urban II. That the wholesale slaughter of innocent people for nothing more than greed included Belgrade (1096), the chief city of Orthodox Church after Constantinople, Yugoslavia (1096), Turkey, Syria, Antioch (1098), and Palestine.

(1099): That Christian Knights, priests and members of the first crusade including freed criminals did slaughter every single man, woman, child and animal in Jerusalem, sparing not one soul upon the specific and clear orders and approval of Pope “Blessed” Urban II. That the death toll, from this clearly church sanctioned act was at least 150,000 to 200,000 people, of which at least 60,000 were Jewish.

(1146 CE) That upon the Papal Bull authorizing the Second Crusade by Pope Eugenius III on Muslims at Edessa; St Bernard of Clairvaux did declare: "The Christian glories in the death of the pagan because thereby Christ himself is glorified". Around 300,000 are murdered.

(1187-92) That Pope Gregory VIII did authorize through a Papal Bull the Third Crusade and did declares holy war on Muslims in Jerusalem as well as on pagans Cathars and Jews in Europe and England. As a result, approximately one million (1,000,000) lives were lost as a direct result and decisions of the Pope and Roman Catholic Church.

(1191) That Richard the Lion Heart did murder 3000 men, women and children outside Acre during third crusade. That the King of England did order the stomachs of these innocent people to be cut open in search for swallowed gems.

(1212) That Pope Innocent III did devise a terrible and evil strategy by issuing a Papal Bull authorizing children to launch their own crusade against the Muslims. Over the over 200,000 children that are released by the parents, a third die from the journey, a third are taken by the Catholic Church for ritual satanic sacrifices and the remainder are sold to slave traders for tremendous profits. Because the Papal Bull absolves the Catholic Church from all liability, neither the parents, nor sovereign nations can say or do a thing upon this evil act.


+++Inquisitions+++

(1181) That Pope Lucius III did establish procedures for Inquisitions as well as the conduct of torture.

(1198-1216) That Pope Innocent III did promote the Inquisition throughout Europe causing the murder of over one million (1,000,000) innocent people through terrible torture and public human sacrifice aimed at promoting the principles of Satanism.

(1198) That Pope Innocent III did issue a Papal Bull declaring "anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity".

(1227-41) That Pope Gregory IX did establish the first of three Holy Inquisitions in 1232 using the false texts of witchcraft created by his predecessor Pope Honorius III as false evidence of the existence of an alternate “evil” to the Vatican. Approximately 650,000 are burned alive through public satanic rituals during his Papacy.

(1231) That Pope Gregory IX introduces for the first time in human history the twisted and unjust notion of "guilty until proven innocent" replacing the ancient common law notion of "innocent until proven guilty" which had existed for over 6,000 years. In addition, removes the right to counsel, the right to hear charges against an accused, the identity of the witnesses making the accusation and notification to family and/or friends that a person has been arrested by the inquisition. This model forms the basis of the Catholic model of the Gestapo interrogation.

Answer 8

Six, I think. Although it is suspected that 4 of that number were suicides when opponents accidentally fell upon the Christian's swords.