Tabletalk Magazine, May 2011: The 11th Century: Conflict, Crusades, and the New Christendom

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 2011

Overview

The May 2011 issue of Tabletalk continues our ongoing series on the history of the church. It focuses on the eleventh century looking at the great schism between the churches in the East and West, the investiture controversy, the crusades, and Anselm of Canterbury. Contributors include R. C. Sproul, Michael Brown, Mark Driscoll, Robert Godfrey, Justin Holcomb, Keith Mathison, Nick Needham, Stephen Nichols, R. C. Sproul Jr., and John Piper.

Contents

Top Highlights

“We do not come to a rational understanding of God’s revelation before we are able to believe; rather, we must first put our trust in that revelation in order to see its coherence. Anselm’s famous slogan was Credo ut intelligam (‘I believe in order that I may understand’).” (Pages 6–7)

“Perhaps most seriously and most lastingly, the Crusades implanted a violent image of Christianity and the West in the minds of Islamic people.” (Page 23)

“‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’” (Page 12)

“To use these verses to justify violence in behalf of Christianity, however, misses the true meaning of these passages, since in reality they point to a spiritual extension of Christ’s kingdom in history and to the final judgment at the end of history.” (Page 20)

“Crusades: a series of wars led by Europeans in the name of Christ against Islamic states in the Near East during the Middle Ages.” (Page 20)

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, May 2011: The 11th Century: Conflict, Crusades, and the New Christendom
• Author: Ligonier Ministries
• Edition: 5
• Series: Tabletalk Magazine
• Volume: 35
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:TTMAY11
• Resource Type: Magazine
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:29:28Z

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.