ok

i dont know orthodox beliefs very well

Also the church didn't absolve of all sin

The crusades was a form of penance

Revelation 20:14 KJV

```full pardon for their sins about which they are heartily contrite and have spoken in confession```

@Eoppa Is there any biblical precedent for it?

Confession?

Saying that it was a "confession" just sounds like they were trying to loophole it

No

The confession was what absolved all sin

>uh yes goyim this is a confession thing so whatever u do is a okay because u confessed it or something

Do ortho bros deny confession?

Wtf

What????

Im denying the way you portray confession in terms of the crusade

No, I'm saying the passage about the absolving of sins was about confession

We talkin' branches of Christianity here?

Further the crusades was a form of penance which is an indulgence

I adamantly disagree the crusades were a form of penance

Also, I'm not Orthodox, I'm considering converting to it but have yet to finish studying it. @Eoppa

Well, at least you're not one of those Uniates. @Maksim

What is a Uniate

Are you familiar with the Union of Brest.

No

@Maksim how were the crusades not penance?

@Eoppa How were they penance

Those who fought and died to stop an invasion, and gave up material goods to help?

Basically, Uniates are the Orthodox followers who returned to the Catholic Church under the notion that they accept the Papal authority.

They're popular in western Ukraine.

@Eoppa The crusades killed many innocents

Yes?

The worse crusades were excommunicated

I mean if a Catholic could prove to me that papal supremacy is the truth than I would convert without much fuss. @Enkrum

@Enkrum Never heard of them

The community I live in is entirely from Western Ukraine

And all of us are Baptists

Ahh, alright.

Ukrainians are Baptists? That's odd

Yeah, just search up Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church