Internal Christian divisions were blamed for driving would-be converts away from the faith

Evidence

I have heard a certain man, who is worthy of credence, say that he heard among the pagans and Saracens that there were three causes for their not wishing to be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ: firstly, the diversity and contradiction of opinion among Christians in various sects and on various subjects; secondly, the evil lives of the Christians; and thirdly, the ill-faith of the Christians, and especially of the Venetians and Genoese. — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 466 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The feminization of religion was blamed for driving men from the church — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 648; Medieval thinkers blamed Christians’ own divisions and vices for Islam’s refusal to convert — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 466; Voluntary martyrdom backfired by driving Christians toward conversion to Islam — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 540 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Medieval thinkers blamed Christians’ own divisions and vices for Islam’s refusal to convert #corroborates (0.93) — R. W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle…, 466