Who Said That?

"All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins.  This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested."

Leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no google searches or cheating.  Answer to follow in one week.

Update on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 03:42PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is from Pope Urban II's speech at the Council of Clermont, 1095, calling for the first crusade.

Comments

[steve]

Pope Soandso?

[Clay Smith]

Well, it was obviously a pope, and he was probably talking about one of the crusades. I'm going to guess Pope Urban, since he started that whole mess.

[Ben]

General Patton?

[Down Under]

Pope Urban 2 drumming up support for the first crusade in 1195 AD.

[hb]

Before I saw any comments I was certain it had to be one of the popes in regard to the Crusades. As to which one? Haven't a clue....

[pb]

Agree with the foregoing - Pope Urban - but what's last week's answer?

[Ken Rapoza]

Got to be one of the crusading popes?

[mike]

one of them antichrist popes of the crusades

["lee n. field"]

Some theonomist? :-). Or the King of England. He claims the same powers, doesn't he? Or a president, really, really confused about two kingdoms.

Seriously, I'd guess one of the medieval popes, starting a crusade. My history's not good enough to tell you which one.

[Michael Seal]

Urban 2

[Coyle]

I'd guess either Urban II or Bernard of Clairvaux...

[RevFredA]

Pope Urban II

[Evert Fortier]

Kenneth Copeland?

[John Yeazel]

This is what happens when you interpret the scriptures without a Christ-centered focus; you start getting a bit delusional. This is not any different than the Islamic beliefs is it? Sounds medieval to me- one of the powerful Popes during the Middle Ages- I'll agree with Pope Urban.

[Alan Platt]

It does sound like something a pope would say to get some fracas going. I think it is Urban II kicking off the first crusade

[Stephen Walton]

Either Pope Urban II, or Peter the Hermit

[Timinator]

Got to be one of the popes durning the crusades

[Giraffe Monsoon]

Al Gore