Medieval thinkers speculated about astrological causes of religious difference.
Evidence
This very year, as the wise astrologers and necromancers of the Saracens say, [Baybars] will die, and after him will arise another Turk, who will die within a year in his own dominions, and after these things should arise the dominion of Christ and the standard of the cross will be raised and borne through all Syria up to Caesarea of Cappadocia, and there will be a great commotion on earth. The true knower of these things is God. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1065 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Medieval Christians credited even Saracen astrologers with predicting Christianity’s imminent triumph; Medieval Christians projected their own apocalyptic hopes onto Saracen astrologers. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1065; Crusade chroniclers invented pagan astrologers predicting Christian victory (+2 more)
Related
- Medieval Christians projected their own apocalyptic hopes onto Saracen astrologers. (similarity 0.90)
- Medieval Christians imagined even pagan astrologers prophesying Christian triumph (similarity 0.80)
- Crusade chroniclers invented pagan astrologers predicting Christian victory (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Bacon used astrology to explain religious differences and predict Christianity’s victory
#exemplifies(0.92) - Crusade chroniclers invented pagan astrologers predicting Christian victory
#exemplifies(0.75) - Medieval Christians credited even Saracen astrologers with predicting Christianity’s imminent triumph
#exemplifies(0.72) - Medieval Christians projected their own apocalyptic hopes onto Saracen astrologers.
#exemplifies(0.72) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1065 - Medieval thinkers schematized the three religions as Fortune, Nature and Grace
#expands(0.70) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1054