Medieval Christians saw Islamic Christology as true yet fatally uncomprehending of key terms

Evidence

The Islamic doctrine of Christ, like the story of Him, was partly true: Muhammad preached Christ ‘born of the Virgin, acknowledged Him messenger of God, Word of God, Spirit of God; he neither understood nor acknowledged Him messenger, Word or Spirit as we (do) .. .’ This important warning about the use of terms was generally neglected. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 923

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows how the same terms (messenger, Word, Spirit) carried divergent meanings across the two faiths — a classic translation-understanding problem.
• XREF: connects to: Medieval Christians valued Qur’anic Christ references over Islamic monotheism — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 920; Medieval Christian readers judged the Qur’an by its Christology; Christians misread Islamic ritual by assuming it mirrored their own (+1 more)