Arain Christian influence on Islam

[Michael Erwin]

Except that it wasn't the teaching of Arius (or of Wulfila, judging  
by his translation and Auxentius' writing). And that Irenaeus,  
Origen, Tertullian, etc. wrote before Arius. If they and their  
tradition had excluded Arianism, it  would not have ever emerged.

On Mar 31, 2007, at 1:00 AM, Le Bateman wrote:

> I am just thinking about the similarity in the belief Jesus was  
> born of a
> virgin, but not divine. This was the teaching of Arius. All of the  
> Church
> fathers including Ireneus, who was the disciple of Polycarp, who is  
> said to
> be John The Beloved Disciple. All of them taught that Arianism was a
> heretical sect. Muhammad lived in the 6th Century, and died at the  
> time
> that Redwald King of East Anglia died in 632 A.D. So he would have
> encountered the Monks who live in the Sinai.
> They have a monastery on Mount Sinia. Or somewhere on the Sinai or  
> Arabian
> Peninsula. I am thinking of the Greek Orthodox monks. I also  
> believe the
> Coptic Christians of Egypt were around as well. So they were  
> around. It is
> possible he did come incontact with him. The Quran does call these  
> and the
> Jews Unbelievers. So he was aware of them. I will have to reread  
> the Quran.
> Le


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