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The Influence Of The Ottoman Threat On The Protestant Reformation (Reformers), Daniel Nițulescu
The Influence Of The Ottoman Threat On The Protestant Reformation (Reformers), Daniel Nițulescu
Andrews Research Conference
This paper will highlight the causality between the Ottoman’s menace and the Protestant Reformation in the XVI-th century, regarding the support, the consolidation and the direct determination of the Protestant movement. The question - ,,whom did the Turks support more: the Protestants or the Catholics?" was for a long time a realm of debate for theologians and even for historians.
More than that, the paper proposes to reveal the influence of Ottoman peril on reformer perceptions (visions about Turks). In this regard, one of its goal is to explain the permanent oscillation in Luther’s vision concerning Turk’s incursion and invasion. …