Revision 3.16 “The Passing of the Four Orthodox Caliphs”

    These were astonishing conquests, rapid and seemingly without end, and it was not only the ancient Christians who saw them as fortunate (indeed, perhaps even as God-ordained). Parley P. Pratt was enthused about them as well. “Now,” he said, if we take Mahometanism during those dark ages, and the cor­ruptions that are so […]