Medieval missionaries who lacked language skills and dispute training failed against educated infidels

Evidence

Llull acknowledges that there are indeed many devout clerics who do go off and preach to infidels: yet, since they lack specialized education in disputation, they are ineffectual. Moreover, not knowing the language, they resort to unreliable interpreters, and hence receive only the scorn of more educated infidels. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1330 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Medieval Dominicans held reason could defend but never prove the faith; A missionary who lived in the East still deferred to never-traveled authorities; Missionary failure stemmed from missing language training and disputation skill. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1330 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Missionary failure stemmed from missing language training and disputation skill. #corroborates (0.97) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1330