Deus vult

In the words Deus lo vult ( late Latin for " God wills it !") Answered the crowd, when Pope Urban II on November 27, 1095 calling on the Council of Clermont in a sermon for the liberation of Jerusalem.

This he founded the First Crusade, which should contribute to the liberation of the holy places and help the individual participants, to expiate their sins.

God wills it

" God wills it " is in classical Latin Deus vult, starting from the irregular verb velle. Deus lo volt or Deus lo vult is a modification for the non- classical Latin accustomed represents contemporaries of the First Crusade, who spoke the Provencal or originating from the Limousin idiom to a large extent; hence the form Dieux el arose volt.

The term bears witness to a religious sense of mission, that was for achieving the objectives and violence ready. It has already held according to the model of the just war focused on defense or reconquest usurped areas of military force for morally justifiable, even divinely ordained. The crusade as a war of the papal church was - out in the shaft deputy of God - as the intention of the expression.

In retrospect, show the term Deus lo vult - as his critics - that it is precisely the appeal was often abused to the will of God for inhumane goals. In the critique, eg by Radulfus Niger, a call for Deus non vult was. DEUS LO vult in large Roman letters is also the leitmotif of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem.