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To: SJackson

Constantinople fell in 1453. The East was lost to Christianity at that point and the Ottoman Turks were a unified and dominant force. Crusading was no longer an option. The rift between Catholics and Protestants was not really a significant factor, I think. It was simple reality.

I think it is a reach to imply that the West became “pro-Islam” because of Luther.


4 posted on 11/01/2017 5:48:16 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

True, one could say the schism between the Catholic and the Orthodox were what created a vacuum for islam to thrive. Orthodoxy was the original church, after all, only preceded by the copts who to this day are still defending from islam without the Catholic Pope lifting a finger.


7 posted on 11/01/2017 5:55:02 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Why did Constantinople get the works?


11 posted on 11/01/2017 6:12:31 AM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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