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Thomas Aquinas
Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich |
Yes, I know Christianity's past is itself full of crimes. But, on the issue of Islam at least, I kind of miss the days when Christianity stood up for itself.
English translation of the above.
From
p.13
of
1924 edition.
From
pp.45-46
of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages
53 and
54.
From
p.117
of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages
140-141 and
142.
From
pp.122-123
of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages
146-147 and
148.
Rev. Prideaux does not exactly believe that the Quran was divinely inspired!
From
p.131
of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages
158-159.
Mahomet's wives discover him in bed with
Maria,
his 15 year old Christian sex slave.
Illustration opposite
p.147
of the
1698 French translation
of
Prideaux's book.
The relevant section on
p.124
of the 1716 edn.
See 1712 edn, pages
149 and
150.
Mahomet wielding a sword and trampling on the cross, the Ten Commandments and the globe.
From the 1698 French translation
of
Prideaux's book.
Book dated 1698,
though drawing has date 1699.
From
p.95
of
A Catechism upon a new and improved plan
(1793).
From
p.40 onwards
in
True and False Religion examined
(1797).
John Wesley
talks about Islam on
pp.34-35
of The Doctrine of Original Sin
(1817).
From
Pinnock's first catechism for children
(1837).
However, not everything in the above makes sense!
From the
Catechism of perseverance
(1850).
Who would believe that by the 21st century the Catholic church would be
complaining about blasphemy against Islam!
Extracts of the entry for MOHAMMEDANISM
in
vol.10 of
The Catholic Encyclopedia
(1913).
More from the Catholic Encyclopedia entry of 1913.
It refers to recent atrocities by the Turks.
I think
Christianity understood Islam better in this period.
Mussulman:
Another variant was
"Mussulman"
(various spellings).
The above is a
search
in 1780 to 1945.
Again, the modern term
"Muslim"
is included to show the decline.
If we extend the graph to
2015,
"Mussulman" vanishes.
Moslem:
The rise of the term
"Muslim"
is not quite as dramatic as shown above.
It used to be spelt "Moslem".
The spelling "Muslim" only became common in the 20th century.
The above is a
search
in 1780 to 1990.
If we extend the graph to
2015,
"Moslem" declines even further.
Not a Christian thing, but this
1903 cartoon in New York
shows the standard Western view of Turkish oppression and jihad.
Bigotry?
Not really.
More like a sad prophecy.
This is only a short time before the
Turkish genocide of Christians
began in 1909.
See full size.
I bought a 1712 edition of
Prideaux's Life of Mahomet.
300 years old, and still edgier than
any modern newspaper
or
any modern comedian.
See full size.
