The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ's burial. The City of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to the Christian religion. The reason and cause of the crusades was a war between Christians and Moslems which centered around the city of Jerusalem and the Holy places of Palestine.
We must not forget that the Greek Emperor Alexius Comnenus had sent letters to Pope Urban II asking for "aid against the against the infidels, representing that, unless assistance was extended immediately, the capital with all its holy relics must soon fall into the hands of the barbarians." The helpless needed to be defended in Palestine and the Holy Sites liberated from oppression. But we do have a duty to protect ourselves and our neighbors in times of war or persecution. It is true that in the Ten Commandments we read that it is not permitted to kill.
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