That event opened his eyes to the truth about who they were fighting against, it showed him that they were all just humans. “Tonight, these men were drawn to that altar like it was a fire in the middle of winter. Even those who aren't devout came to warm themselves.” This night impacted how the rest of the war was fought, most of the soldiers wrote letters to their family about it. Once the Scottish side found out about what had happened they pulled Palmer off of the front line and was going to be sent back to Scotland. Palmer was confronted by the English bishop for giving the Mass on Christmas Eve, he was deemed a traitor for giving the Mass the the enemy. The English bishop then gave words to a group of soldiers that were going to replace the Scots that had been deemed traitors also. He said “Christ our Lord said, "Think not that I come to bring peace on earth. I come not to bring peace, but a sword."[...] You are the very defenders of civilization itself. The forces of good against the forces of evil. For this war is indeed a crusade! [...] In truth I tell you: the Germans do not act like us, neither do they think like us, for they are not, like us, children of
That event opened his eyes to the truth about who they were fighting against, it showed him that they were all just humans. “Tonight, these men were drawn to that altar like it was a fire in the middle of winter. Even those who aren't devout came to warm themselves.” This night impacted how the rest of the war was fought, most of the soldiers wrote letters to their family about it. Once the Scottish side found out about what had happened they pulled Palmer off of the front line and was going to be sent back to Scotland. Palmer was confronted by the English bishop for giving the Mass on Christmas Eve, he was deemed a traitor for giving the Mass the the enemy. The English bishop then gave words to a group of soldiers that were going to replace the Scots that had been deemed traitors also. He said “Christ our Lord said, "Think not that I come to bring peace on earth. I come not to bring peace, but a sword."[...] You are the very defenders of civilization itself. The forces of good against the forces of evil. For this war is indeed a crusade! [...] In truth I tell you: the Germans do not act like us, neither do they think like us, for they are not, like us, children of