Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Morten St. George,

There are two things I don't understand. I'm very confused.

1) For me, the birth of protestantism began in the 16th century with Martin Luther.
Or did you mean they migrated to the New world in the 16th century ?

2) Migration to the New world before Colombus is probable (Erik the red, Chinese army) but I don't think there was a migration in the 13th century.

Sorry to have confused you. I was referring to a heresy called Catharism which flourished in southern France during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was a true protestant religion, but wound up violently exterminated by the Roman Church.

Obviously, the 13th-century departure to the New World was done in secret, so that the Crusaders (who were hunting down the Cathars) would not find out about it and then cross the Atlantic in pursuit.

In wild speculation, I once imagined that the Church finally found about the Cathar escape in 1492, likely from the torture of the Jews who were then expelled from Spain. Thus, the Spanish royalty promptly changed their mind about not funding Columbus, and sent him out to sea on the secret mission (unknown to Columbus himself) of searching for the Cathars.