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Discovering Jesus’ Message of God’s Onenessin Islam

HOW MANY CONVERTS, I wonder, have stumbled upon Islam and couldn’t look away? “It just felt right?” I suspect that many have taken a path similar to mine, some more consciously, and more able to articulate it, than others. I had been committed…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange, monotheism religions, monotheism vs polytheism, history of islamic monotheism

Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 1 | Linda Thayer

If you have ever attended a Muslim-Christian interfaith presentation or had an interfaith conversation with an acquaintance, you may have wondered why your Christian colleague could be so adamant about Jesus being more than a human being—somehow “God”—even though no one can argue…

Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – 5 | Linda Thayer

Monotheism in the Hands of 4th Century Churchmen THE CREED OF CONSTANTINOPLE: “Like Father, Like Son”? We continue our series recounting the monumental struggle within the Christian Church regarding the ‘correct’ understanding of how Jesus was ‘divine,’ since his ‘divinity’ was something…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 25 | Linda Thayer

In Parts 8-24 of this series, we have dug into the history of how the Church has become inextricably entangled with degrading their understanding of the One God, how they fell into shirk through being forced to explain the supposed ‘divinity’ of…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 24 | Linda Thayer

We continue our series on the story of how Christianity veered off the monotheistic path adhered to by Jesus. Instead of remaining faithful to the teaching of Jesus hiimself, Church officials defended the teachings of Paul. Accordingly, they built their doctrine preferring…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – Part 23 | Linda Thayer

The Christian’s Gospel according to John is prefaced with a Greek philosophy-oriented ‘Prologue’ (John. 1:1-18), which we have referenced repeatedly in this series. According to this passage, a supposed, one-time embodiment of God in human history—what is said to have become God’s…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 22 | Linda Thayer

We continue discoursing the resolution of the fine print in the Church’s doctrine of the ‘divinity’ of Jesus. The ‘Greek Fathers’ weigh in with their contributions to the development of doctrine and Greek philosophy is back, center stage. The Cappadocian ‘Fathers’ Legitimize…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 21 | Linda Thayer

Resolving the fine print in the Church’s doctrine of the ‘divinity’ of Jesus—from which doctrine we” seek refuge with Allah”— was an ugly process, at its zenith throughout the 4th Christian century (ce). In previous installments we have viewed opposing positions—one taken…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 20 | Linda Thayer

We continue our series recounting the monumental struggle within the Christian Church regarding what was to be their officially ‘correct’ understanding of how it was that Jesus was ‘divine,’ since his supposed ‘divinity’ was something that had been promoted by Paul—the Church’s…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – 19 | Linda Thayer

We continue with the story of the Church’s formulation of the fine print in her doctrine of “divinity” associated with Jesus as contested in the 4th century of the Christian Era (ce) by Arius vs. Athanasius and their followers. Page references are…