# Talk:Prester John

It seems some recent editors have destroyed the external link section linking to Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster).
So, I have uploaded the images individually to Commons in an effort to preserve the linkage:

Avindratalk 02:26, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

@Aavindraa: I included the second one in the article. --Error (talk) 10:49, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Under Ethiopia, the article says, "After looking for Prester John in the Americas" while citing a German source that I can't begin to fathom right now.  Then, the paragraph concludes with, "Evidence has suggested that locating Prester John's kingdom in Ethiopia entered the collective consciousness around 1250."  Is the article suggesting that people were considering Prester John's existence in America prior to the European awareness of America?  Or am I reading this wrong? danindenver (talk) 18:29, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Looks like that was added by Nsae Comp (talk · contribs) last year in this edit. I can only see a snippet view on Google, but it seems to say that explorers of the Americas in the 16th century may have been looking for Prester John there. Whether that's true or not, it's certainly a bizarre statement to add to the middle of a paragraph about the 13th century. I think we can probably just remove it, unless Nsae Comp can give us more specific information (a page number in the book, for example). Adam Bishop (talk) 19:01, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for pinging me instead of just taking it out. Well I must admit that I am a bit at a loss my self about my edit here, i cant remember it. I also cant answer your question because I do not have the book anymore, since I had it from the university library. What I do remember is that it was talking about how early portuguese explorers looked for Prester John. But since that is being discussed further down I dont know which detail I was refering to. I never the less have notes which state page seven of the book as the part that I might have wanted to reference here, about Columbus also looking for Prester John, but I cant double check that now.
So while I would like to add the reference more explicitly about Columbus, I cant though be sure if that is what Baum is talking about, might as well be just the portuguese. So I have to excuse my self for a very sloppy edit. Ill take it out and might add a better reference if I find the source about Columbus looking for John. Thanks again and happy editing! Nsae Comp (talk) 23:25, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for a great response!  I'm still a newbie in this palaver, and I try to tread politely if I can.
Am I supposed to delete this section, now?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danindenver (talk • contribs) 02:48, 5 December 2021 (UTC) 

can we introduce a theory where Pakistan is the best candidate to be known as "Prester John"?
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This article claims that Prester John is both a Christian and a Nestorian. Considering Nestorianism is heresy as it was formally condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD and later at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD it is literally impossible to be both a Christian and a Nestorian. Please fix this glaring error by clearing up whether he is Christian or a Nestorian. 101.177.140.12 (talk) 05:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

That some traditions consider it heresy does not mean it is not Christian, only that it does not follow those traditions within Christianity. Not every Christian tradition accepts those doctrines (Assyrian Church of the East#Christology for example), but are still Christian traditions. - Aoidh (talk) 13:07, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
Nestorians are still Nicene christians, many were rejoined the communion under Portuguese pressure even Braganza (talk) 11:42, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Sergey Solovyov mentions in his 12th book that in 1673 Paul Menesius called the Ethiopian emperor "претиан", is this related? Georg von Rauch S.41 straight up latinizes it as "Pretian" so i am not sure about the meaning of it; the only other unusual title is Bulgarian "колман" Braganza (talk) 12:04, 28 June 2025 (UTC)