[Footnote *: "God,"  says  the  abbot Guibert, "invented the
          crusades as a  new way for the laity to atone for their sins
          and   to   merit    salvation."   This   extraordinary   and
          characteristic passage must  be  given entire.  "Deus nostro
          tempore  praelia sancta  instituit,  ut  ordo  equestris  et
          vulgus oberrans qui  vetustae  Paganitatis exemplo in mutuas
          versabatur  caedes,  novum  reperirent  salutis  promerendae
          genus, ut nec  funditus  electa, ut fieri assolet, monastica
          conversatione, seu religiosa  qualibet  professione saeculum
          relinquere congerentur; sed  sub consueta licentia et habitu
          ex   suo   ipsorum    officio   Dei   aliquantenus   gratiam
          consequerentur." Guib. Abbas,  p.  371.  See Wilken, vol. i.
          p. 63. - M.]
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