Quia maior
With the so-called crusade bull Quia maior , Pope Innocent III called. in the spring of 1213 on another crusade . At the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) the fifth crusade was decided on this basis , which went down in history as the Crusade of Damiette (1217-1221).
Fifth crusade
According to the classical count, the siege of Damiette in the years 1217 to 1221 is referred to as the "Fifth Crusade". The crusade - as the Pope stated with this bull - should be led under the leadership of a papal legate .
Justification for the crusade
The Pope gave several reasons for another crusade, including the Saracen fortresses near Christian settlements. The main reasons, however, lay more in the theological-philosophical spectrum.
In his bull Mohammed is called a “deceiver” and the “firstborn of Satan” and the Koran is called a “veil of darkness”. In his crusade letter, he threatens the opponents of the crusades:
“The King of Kings, the Lord Jesus Christ (will) condemn them for the vice of ingratitude and for the crime of unfaithfulness if they fail to come to his aid, since, as is the case, he is out of his kingdom which he bought at the price of his blood. Let (them) know that anyone who refuses to serve his Savior in this hour of need is deeply guilty and difficult to blame ”
Donations and indulgences
The agreed at the Lateran Council Constitution to conduct the crusade included the privileges which were already in the crusade bull mention, they were granted again and confirmed. The Pope calls for donations and sets a good example with a generous donation. In addition to the crusade indulgence , the crusaders were granted other spiritual privileges; for example, the intercessions that the faithful were supposed to make for the protection of the Holy Land were directed at them. To obtain indulgences, Innocent III ordered. offer daily intercessions, a monthly procession and specific prayer services for the Holy Land for each community in Western Christianity .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philipp Mohm, Facets of a major medieval event - The Lateran Council 1215, Scientific work ( PDF )
- ↑ TAUWETTER ... a Franciscan magazine - Intercultural Coexistence Muslims and Christians in Germany ( PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Philipp Mohm, Facets of a major medieval event - The Lateran Council 1215, Scientific work ( PDF )
- ↑ Sandra Brand-Pierach, Unbelievers in Canon Law - The canonical treatment of non-Christians as a symbolic manifestation of the political will to power, dissertation, Konstanz, April 2004 [1]
