Anti-papal writers dated the rise of pope and prophet to the same moment

Evidence

Luther constantly named the Pope and the Turk together, though rather arbitrarily, since he did not usually insist on specific points of resemblance: Turca et Papa tn forma religionis nihil differunt aut variant, nisi in ceremoniis. The one corrupted the ritual of the Old, the other that of the New Testament. Luther seems to have feared a coalition of his enemies, ‘an alliance of the Papists with the Turk … for unbelievable is the malice of Satan’. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2438 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Luther conflated the Pope and the Turk as twin Anti-Christs despite thin resemblance; Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches. Hence, the “Antichrist seems at this time to have set both his Feet upon Christendom together, the one in the East, and the other in the West.”; In colonial America, many Protestants associated Islam and Catholicism with the Antichrist. Indeed, Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches. Hence, the ‘Antichrist seems at this time to have set both his Feet upon Christendom together, the one in the East, and the other in the West.’ (+2 more)

Related

• Luther conflated the Pope and the Turk as twin Anti-Christs despite thin resemblance (similarity 0.90)
• Luther equated the Papacy and Islam as the twin corrupters of Christian ritual (similarity 0.87)
• Luther and the Reformers saw the Turk as a sharper Antichrist than the Pope (similarity 0.84)
• In colonial America, many Protestants associated Islam and Catholicism with the Antichrist. Indeed, Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches.… (similarity 0.81)
• Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches. Hence, the Antichrist seems at this time to have set both his Feet upon Christendom together, the… (similarity 0.79)
• The Reformation reframed Islam as a fellow schism against papal authority (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches. Hence, the Antichrist seems at this time to have set both his Feet upon Christendom together, the… #exemplifies (0.98)
• In colonial America, many Protestants associated Islam and Catholicism with the Antichrist. Indeed, Prideaux related the rise of Muhammad and the bishop of Rome’s claim to reign over all churches.… #exemplifies (0.95)
• Luther equated the Papacy and Islam as the twin corrupters of Christian ritual #corroborates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2438
• Polemicists compared the Pope to Muhammad via the number of the Beast #corroborates (0.72) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2439