Europe and its struggle 1

If we analyze European history we have seen sagas of rise and fall quite often. Spectacular rises have given way to humiliating and crushing falls. If we consider ancient Greeks as part of Europe, then we have a golden period followed by the rise of Romans, a general darkness after the fall of Rome which was assuaged by the spread of Christianity, even though this spread itself was marked by bloody wars between the so called “believers” and “heathens”. Europe’s ascent through the dark ages was threatened by a rapidly advancing Islam and therefore the two Semitic brothers got engaged in a series of devastating civil wars over the occupation of the common holy ground. In this respect Jews, the original inhabitants of middle Asia were nowhere to be seen and as Christianity spread its wings, they became an object of much hatred in the Christian world, because of their role in the killing of Jesus the Christ.

Of course it was not apparent to the general populace that the Savior himself was a Jew and he would definitely not have condoned the killing of brothers and neighbors in his name. But the Church which was “built upon the rock St. Peter” instead of spreading the message of Christ, of love and renunciation, of forbearance and benevolence, of chastity and peace, devoted itself to spreading Christianity and grabbing power, in alliance with the kings and emperors. The Church got involved in almost every affair, be it social or political, conspiracy or scandals, warfare or violence, except for the purpose for which it was built – that of upholding the light of harmony and respect for ideas, religions and cultures. There were many honest and upright Christians who followed these ideals. In fact the burning ideals of renunciation, charity, love and benevolence carried out by many an ardent followers of Christ did a lot of good and some of these also contributed to the rise of Europe in the middle ages.


However Christian world broke into two halves in the middle of fourteenth century as within the Christianity some resented the dominance of Catholic Church and Protestantism resulted in further violence and warfare, e.g the thirty years war which ripped apart Germany in the 17th century.