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Once upon a time, in Andalusia, Muslims and Jews teamed up against Trinitarian beliefs.
@DrUthmanL writes:
"As Thomas Wienandy observed, the Qur’anic condemnation led to a theological pushback from Christian intellectuals.
The particular historical configuration of this period will sound unfamiliar to contemporary readers. The social matrix where theological debates and concerns were
expressed had Jews partnering with Muslims in a joint aversion to Christianity’s Trinitarian belief. Both Muslims and Jews shared a close bond due to their rigorous affirmation of strict monotheism. Christians were seen as less
connected to either Muslims or Jews. With regard to the presence of Judaism and Islam, Wienandy writes, 'it is worth reminding ourselves that the novel revelation of Islam only reinforced the original Jewish insistence that God is one, which had figured trenchantly in the
early elaboration of Christian doctrine.'"
Full article:
sapienceinstitute.org

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