Christianity in Spain was saved. Or would you have preferred Spain develop as a Muslim country and Christians their subject to Islamic overlords? You're saying you reject the equalization and if you think WW2 was justified, millions of deaths and strategems of war designed to kill masses of civilians, while the Reconquista is simply intolerable we have different worldviews.
Therefore Saint Paul was wrong about the state wielding a sword? As Christians we know not everyone can be saved, most will not. If your actions are so heinous in life that you pose a threat to those around you or have violated what is good, so intently, the death penalty is entirely justified.
Have you read any monarchists? Particularly Christian monarchists?
Since when was it illiberal? It was at it's most liberal during the height of the revolution when the Church was marginalized and it went on a crusade to spread liberalism throughout Europe and overturn the old order. Or do you think that causing mass death is not within the realm of liberalism?
I mean you can tie the Gospel to the burning of heretics. It is the direct result of Christianity being the primary value in society that allowed states to execute heretics who violated Christian normality.
I am speaking of the USA primarily. I consider it far more dangerous and unstoppable because it is a system rather than a singular person that can be targeted.
And when we compare that sack to the later actions of secular states, does it even compare to the bombing of Dresden of the nuking of Tokyo? Are those actions justified because they are in the name of liberal democracy (in whose name we may kill in abandon to secure it)? When it comes to monarchy I am not going to justify every action done by a monarch, but I will suggest that is rather a exception than the norm in medieval warfare especially as time went on.
But I notice you try to justify latter secular wars, while thinking earlier Christian wars were entirely bad. It was not merely advances in communications technology that allowed for mass slaughter of the modern age, but the very spirit of liberal democracy itself which believes all citizens are collectively guilty for what their state does. Therefore they are a legitimate target.
Which was justified in your opinion? While all Christian wars prior were unjustified? Please explain to me why liberal democrats are allowed to kill with abandon to secure their ideology in the world.
You are justifying it.
I don't blame the political system alone for it, but it has certainty contributed to the lack of any awakening and the weakening of Christianity. When you strip away and peel all aspects of religion in public life and replace it with consumerism which targets the passions, how can there any other result?
Christianity in the Middle East collapsed due to the advance of Islam. I am curious though, do you think the Byzantines were wrong to fight against the Muslims who were invading Asia Minor?
I would need to look into that claim as I have not heard of that. Though I suspect it is not the whole truth and that the impact of the revolution on France and her identity is what caused the decline of Christianity in France. It moved the most Catholic state in Europe towards being the most secular and liberal state of Europe. That is surely no coincidence.
Democratic systems are only part of the reason why Christianity has declined, not the whole reason. I dare say that the reason why Christianity has declined is because most professed Christians don't really believe in it. The readily subordinate their Christianity to other ideologies, be it liberalism or some other thing and this is what has lead to the decline. Christianity had power when people actually believed and were willing to die for it in Rome and as result they hated (with some justification) the Paganism of the surrounding culture. Christians are not prepared to be as committed as the early Christians and so it continues to decline.