Sabbathai continues his work and finally Ottoman authorities arrest him. Ottoman sultan tries pressure him to abandon his views (happened and succeeded in OTL) but Sabbathai refuses and he is executed publicly. He is seen sa martyr and soon his movement gets more and more followers.
But not ide ahow to get this being 3rd largest religion. Not sure if it is even possible.
But not ide ahow to get this being 3rd largest religion. Not sure if it is even possible.
[ leads to a present-day Sabbathai church, current patriarch Most Rev. Ozzy Osbourne who rails against smoking and drinking and loud music ]
I made a thread about this a few months ago. It wasn't as successful as I had hoped but there were a few suggestions.
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Sabbatai Zevi is a Jew from Smyrna who in 1648 proclaimed himself to be the Messiah. For years he frequented many Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire and caused a schism in the Jewish community. In 1666 he left for Constantinople to make the Sultan his servant. But unsurprisingly he was...
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