Rightfully so but it's a bit more complicated, sometimes yes sometimes no. I of the Storm is right there is almost nothing (there still is, deus bellum, a justified war, but that is really complitated, sword of christ thingie nobody agrees on) that there is almost nothing written down in latin that even suggests a military expedition with a purpose other than a pilmgrimage, pilgrims were attacked and Templars aided them. Pelgrims came from anywhere and it was really fragmentated. I absolutily don't know if anything I just said is true.