many popes lead armies, the Pope was the most powereful man in europe for a long time, of course he would have an armyPope Julius II led troops into combat both before and after he became pope. From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08562a.htm
No one seemed to think that was at all unusual. And of course, there are the military religious orders, of which there were over a hundred:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10304d.htm
Knights Templar can never be considered preist..
Also, from a description of the Bayeux Tapestry:
Your right as i have said through this whole debate there was exeptions ot the rule and im sure you can find some other priest that fought, but not as a standard."Famously the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of England shows Bishop Odo, bishop of Bayeux, with a club in his hand lashing out against the enemy. The Bishop's rationale for his actions was that it wasn't a sharpened weapon"
http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/cupboard/fi...says/essay2.htm
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