"Dracula and his brother have abandoned their faith and have promised and sworn to darken the Christian faith.” Is a terrible translation of "Vnd der dracole

"Dracula and his brother have abandoned their faith and have promised and sworn to darken the Christian faith.” Is a terrible translation of "Vnd der dracole vnd sein brueder haben abgetreten von yrem glauben vnd haben verhaissen vnd geschworen den cristlichen gelauben zu beschirmen." "Beschirmen" meant the same thing in early new high german as it does today: to protect. https://www.fwb-online.de/lemma/beschirmen.s.3v?q=Beschirmen&page=1 https://www.fwb-online.de/lemma/beschirmen.s.3v?q=Beschirmen... Rather than to "darken" the Christan faith, they are said to have sworn to protect it.