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Christian Crusade “The only legitimate war for a Christian must have the character of a crusade, but, when such a conflict claims him, he is not free to hold back. We know that we toiled to avoid this war, and that we have no selfish material object in view in waging it. We cannot doubt that’ the quarrel with Hitlerism is too great for compromise. Such are our personal conclusions, and they are confirmed by external authorities whose weight cannot be reasonably challenged or discounted. ’A tree is known by its fruits.’ The effects of Hitlerism as well within Germany as without are apparent and decisive. The principles of Hitlerite policy are confessed by Hitler himself in his notorious book. All the world may see there that Machiavelli has been outpassed by his latest disciple. When Urban 11. proclaimed the First Crusade, his words are said to have evoked,the- general shout: 'Deus le volt—God wills it.’ Surely we do not deceive ourselves when, confronted by a worse menace than that of Mohammed, we also discern a Divine Vocation in the summons to battle, not for an empty tomb in a distant land, but for the mortal heritage of tiviiited Christendom."—The Bishop of Durham.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 8
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207TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 8
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