Speech at council of clermont, 1095, by pope urban ii
for your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your , and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. for, as the most of you have heard, the turks and arabs have attacked them and have conquered the territory of romania [the greek empire] as far west as the shore of the mediterranean and the hellespont, which is called the arm of st. george. they have occupied more and more of the lands of those christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. [ . .] on this account i, or rather the lord, beseech you as christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those christians.
use the passage to answer the question.
which of the following was a purpose of this speech?
a.
to prevent the persecution of non-christians
b.
to encourage participation in the crusades
c.
to challenge the authority of the catholic church
d.
to promote the ideas of the protestant reformation