Empire itself was read as proof of God’s favor on Christianity.

Evidence

If the successful conversion of Muslims had not shown god’s favor on Christianity, then the success of Christian Europe’s empires did. Samuel M. Zwemer, one of the most famous—and perhaps the most well-published— missionaries to Muslims summed up this view: “In India and Malaysia God’s favor has given us an open door to 100,000,000 Mohammedans. Under Queen Wilhelmina, the Christian Queen of Holland and under George V, the Christian Emperor of India, 100,000,000 Mohammedans are enjoying the blessings of Protestant Christian rule.” — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 169

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Constantine’s victory was the first Christian symbolism endorsing military power. — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 271