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Empire of Sin: Militant Theology and Ideology in Early American Missions to the Ottoman Near East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Cornelia A. Tsakiridou
Cornelia A. Tsakiridou*
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Department of Philosophy, La Salle University
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Abstract

After looking at this great empire of sin, and contemplating its strength and glory, I have been led to examine the predictions of scripture in respect to it […] And is it not probable that the success of these Christian operations will excite the rage of the enemy, and induce the beast, the false prophet, unconverted Jews, and hardened infidels, to. make one fatal struggle for the extermination of true religion […]? Woe to me if I ever leave this sacred calling, if I do not consecrate every faculty to my high profession. Ever may it be the language of my heart, ‘conquest or death.’

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 33 , Fall 2005 , pp. 5 - 41
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