Clergy feared doctrines that permitted what men already would not give up

Evidence

It is not possible to exaggerate the horror that the clergy felt for a doctrine which, without admitting that it was contrary to reason to do so, either permitted or encouraged things that men in any case would not give up, only too often, ‘for any terrors or tortures or even for human shame, which for many is harder than death’. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1484

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Clergy feared Islam mainly for condoning sins men would commit anyway