Six Kingdoms
Daniel 2:32-33
Head gold – Babylon
Cest and arms of silver - Persia
Belly and thighs of bronze - Greek
Legs of iron – Rome
Feet partly of iron and partly of red (potter's) clay – Roman Church
Daniel 2:34-35
Rock cut “not by human hands” and “became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth” Christain Kingdom
Daniel 2:43 the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.
1054AD - Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church - The Eastern Orthodox Church believed that any honor paid to “icons” was a form of idolatry (worshiping false gods)
The First Crusade (1095–1099) Pope Urban II ordered the war named Princes' Crusade to conquer the Holy Land (the Levant) and Jerusalem and establish the Kingdom of Jerusalem. They were killing Christians, Jews and Muslims… https://www.badnewsaboutchristianity.com/gh2_crusades.htm
“The Christian Eastern Emperor was shocked to find his capital under attack by Western Christians in Holy Week"
Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar - The Western Church regarded crusaders as military pilgrims. They took vows and were rewarded with privileges of protection for their property at home. Any legal proceedings against them were suspended. Another major inducement was the offer of indulgences for the remission of sin. Knights were especially attracted by what were effectively Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free cards allowing them to commit any sins throughout the rest of their lives without incurring liability in this or the next world. During the Crusades the Western Church developed new types of holy warrior. These were military monks such as the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar. They were literally both soldiers and monks, and took vows for both callings, fulfilling their holy duties by killing God's enemies. Originally they followed the rule of St Benedict.