Humbert rationalized Islam’s rise as God’s permitted evil producing three goods

Evidence

Augustine had said that evil was permitted only that good might come of it. Humbert was able to identify the three goods which came of the Islamic evil; the manzifestatto fidelium Christi, a sort of public confession of loyalty; the ezercztio bonum, in execution of God’s wish that His people should not be unemployed; and salutis facilitas, in that many were willing to fight Saracens who would never consent to perform long or exacting penances. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 729 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The prophecy of Methodius foretold that the Arabs, for the sins of the Christians, would leave the desert in such numbers and strength as to dominate the world until a king should arise to free the Christians and subdue the Ismaelites in their turn. This seemed to have been realised when merciful God scattered the Arabs by Charles the Great; if the prophecy were to be trusted, it could not happen again. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 721 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Humbert of Romans rationalized Islam’s existence as serving three providential purposes for Christians — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 729; Christian thinkers consoled themselves that Islam’s rise was prophesied — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 721; Medieval Christian leaders reinterpreted Islam through apocalyptic biblical prophecy

Related

• Humbert of Romans rationalized Islam’s existence as serving three providential purposes for Christians (similarity 0.93)
• Christian thinkers consoled themselves that Islam’s rise was prophesied (similarity 0.88)

Broader Connections

• Humbert of Romans rationalized Islam’s existence as serving three providential purposes for Christians #corroborates (1.00) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 729
• Medieval Christian leaders reinterpreted Islam through apocalyptic biblical prophecy #expands (0.85)
• Christian thinkers consoled themselves that Islam’s rise was prophesied #expands (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 721