Oh, good grief. Whatever. Baptists spread the word of God and contend for the faith just fine. It was a POPE who betrayed the Crusaders — the Knights Templar, by the way.
“Oh, good grief. Whatever. Baptists spread the word of God and contend for the faith just fine.”
Baptists only spread the Word of God as they see it - not as it actually exists. They only spread the faith as they see it - which only dates back to 1600 and was not given by Christ.
“It was a POPE who betrayed the Crusaders — the Knights Templar, by the way.”
No. It was the King of France, Philip the Fair, who betrayed the Knights Templars. The pope at the time, Clement V, had every reason to believe Philip’s reports. A papal court later exonerated the Templars but the order was already dissolved at that point. By the way, the Templars were not the only crusaders. They were one of many crusading orders and most crusaders were never members of any crusading order anyway. I spent years studying this stuff and I doubt that you have.
FWIW, as a Baptist I would never want to be identified as a "Crusader". We have always advanced the Word of God with words, not swords. Those who think they made Jesus proud by using weapons in His name will find out at the White Throne Judgement that they were never one of us.