Do not cowardly stay in your homes with profane affections and sentiments. Soldiers of God, hear nothing but the laments of Sion. Break all your earthly bonds and remember what the Lord said: 'He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me… And every one that forsakes his houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.'
— Pope Urban II Medieval

Launched the First Crusade

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Urging absolute devotion to the Crusade, even at the expense of family and worldly possessions. (Attributed in a historical summary)

Date / Period

1095

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Controversial

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