Renaissance polemicists computed the number 666 from Muhammad’s and the Pope’s names

Evidence

The most detailed comparison between Pope and Muhammad known to me is Wallich’s, which, like Vivaldo’s on the other side, is often far-fetched, except in comparing the show of force by Church and Turk. Incidentally, he recognises the number of the Beast from the Greek figures for the letters making up each of the two words, Moametis and Lateinos. … There is a more modern comparison by Forster; the most effective point again is that of the resemblance of jihad and Crusade. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2439 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Luther and the Reformers saw the Turk as a sharper Antichrist than the Pope; Luther conflated the Pope and the Turk as twin Anti-Christs despite thin resemblance; Polemicists compared the Pope to Muhammad via the number of the Beast — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2439 (+1 more)

Related

• Polemicists compared the Pope to Muhammad via the number of the Beast (similarity 0.95)
• Luther conflated the Pope and the Turk as twin Anti-Christs despite thin resemblance (similarity 0.80)
• Luther and the Reformers saw the Turk as a sharper Antichrist than the Pope (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Polemicists compared the Pope to Muhammad via the number of the Beast #corroborates (0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2439
• Christian apocalyptic numerology tied Islam’s founding date to the mark of the Beast #exemplifies (0.75)