Comparative biblical philology was accused of breeding Islam, popery, and atheism

Evidence

The publication of the London Polyglot Bible was not particularly wellreceived. Onecritic denouncedit for ‘affording a foundation for Mohammedanism; as a chief and principal prop of Popery; as the root of much hidden Atheism in the world’. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 167

Categorization

• CANDY: A single quote that bundles three panic fears into one glorious attack on a scholarly bible project.
• XREF: Parallels the moral-panic-over-ideas theme running through a broader history of how new learning is distrusted; echo of how comparative study can unsettle established faith.