Papal governance language framed Muslims as returning to papal obedience

Evidence

Cf. also a bull of Alexander IV which actually speaks of Muslims’ returning to the obedience of the Apostolic See (Coll, Escuelas … — re Tunis missions). — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2106

Categorization

  • XREF: Corroborates the vault’s claims about how religious-political obedience frameworks rhetorically absorb the Muslim as a would-be subject; parallels colonial governance of the racial Muslim in Aziz.