Clergy feared Islam mainly for condoning sins men would commit anyway

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

If the clerical attitude to Islam was formed by fear, this was largely based upon ‘paper’ reasons, rather than upon the probabilities of everyday life; its doctrinal menace was theoretical, In all the circumstances, there is nothing remarkable about the mediaeval willingness always to believe the worst about Islam, or in the open and admitted hostility of the Muslim and Christian communities. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1504 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Clergy feared doctrines that permitted what men already would not give up — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1484; Clerical fear of Islam rested on paper reasons rather than real danger — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1504

Related

• Clergy feared doctrines that permitted what men already would not give up (similarity 0.95)
• Clerical fear of Islam rested on paper reasons rather than real danger (similarity 0.92)

Broader Connections

• Clergy feared doctrines that permitted what men already would not give up #corroborates (0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1484
• Clerical fear of Islam rested on paper reasons rather than real danger #expands (0.72) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1504