Posted by Luke J. Wilson on 17th October 2022 in Islam | Islam,Christianity,Jesus vs Muhammad,Islam vs Christianity,John of Damascus,church fathers,church history,religion
...t Islam:
Mohammedanism was a heresy: that is the essential point to grasp before going any further. It began as a heresy, not as a new religion. It was not a pagan contrast with the Church; it was not an alien enemy. It was a perversion of Christian doctrine. Its vitality and endurance soon gave it the appearance of a new religion, but those who were contemporary with its rise saw it for what it was not a denial, but an adaptation and a misuse, of the Christian thing. It differed from most (not from all) heresies in this, that it did not arise within the bounds of the Christian Church. The chief heresiarch,
Mohammed himself, was not, like most heresiarchs, a ma...