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Innocent III
In “Innocent III” (Chalcedon Report No. 151), Rushdoony examines how well-intentioned but misdirected efforts at moral renewal can deepen rather than cure civilizational decay. He portrays Pope Innocent III as an able and forceful leader who rightly recognized Europe’s spiritual indifference but disastrously sought renewal through dramatic, external action especially crusades rather than regeneration and obedience to God’s law. The Fourth Crusade, the sack of Constantinople, the Albigensian Crusade, and the Children’s Crusade illustrate how moral causes pursued by unregenerate men unleash…
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