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In reply to the discussion: Atheist teen kicks some ass in the name of the separation of church and state [View all]Zorra
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In 1204, he was named a papal legate and inquisitor and was sent by Innocent III with Peter of Castelnau and Arnoul to attempt the conversion of the Albigensians. Failing in this, he distinguished himself by the zeal with which he incited men by his preaching to the crusade against these heretics. He was in charge of the crusader army that sacked Béziers in 1209.[2] There, according to the Cistercian writer Caesar of Heisterbach, Arnaul Amalric supposedly responded when asked by a Crusader how to distinguish the Cathars from the Catholics,
..."Kill them all and let God sort them out."
..."Our men spared no one, irrespective of rank, sex or age, and put to the sword almost 20,000 people. After this great slaughter the whole city was despoiled and burnt..."[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Amalric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade
Clearer?
I sincerely hope so.