Medieval monks reacted with horror to Muslim reverence for Christ

Evidence

In contrast to this we should remember the monk who spoke of his sudden horror when he heard a darwish at the door of the house in Constantinople utter the ‘blasphemy’ that Christ was a pure man. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 968 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The Christian attitude to Muslims, who revered the sacred persons, but did so in highly erroneous forms, was inevitably equivocal. Christians were torn in a matter that affected them deeply. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 969 (#expands, via linked claim)

It was common to speak of Islam as appropriating distinct functions to the greater prophets. ‘Among the Muslims there is an important article of belief’, said William of Tripoli, ‘that Abraham is the friend of God, Moses again the spokesman of God, Jesus, son of Mary, the word and spirit of God, and Muhammad messenger of God.’ These descriptions are taken from the Qur’an, and were adopted by Mandeville. Tripoli pointed out that the Qur’an praises Jesus and Mary and the ‘holy fathers of the Old Testament’ and added that it claims to be the fifth Book sent down from Heaven. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 126 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islamic veneration of Christ as a pure man struck medieval monks as blasphemy — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 968; Medieval Christians understood Muslims as revering biblical prophets and Jesus — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 126; Medieval Christians held genuinely conflicted feelings about Muslim reverence for Jesus and Mary. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 969

Related

• Islamic veneration of Christ as a pure man struck medieval monks as blasphemy (similarity 0.92)
• Medieval Christians held genuinely conflicted feelings about Muslim reverence for Jesus and Mary. (similarity 0.88)
• Medieval Christians understood Muslims as revering biblical prophets and Jesus (similarity 0.84)
• Medieval Christians held an irreducibly equivocal attitude toward Qur’anic Christology (similarity 0.82)
• Some medieval Christians grasped the Qur’anic Christ accurately (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Christians interpreted Muslim prayer as corrupted monachism. (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Christians doubted Islam’s truth yet marveled at its success (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Christians valued Qur’anic Christ references over Islamic monotheism (similarity 0.82)
• Some medieval Christians read the Quranic Christ sympathetically as humility-erasing error (similarity 0.81)
• Medieval Christian views of Islam mixed praise with condemnation. (similarity 0.81)
• Medieval Christian readers judged the Qur’an by its Christology (similarity 0.80)
• Medieval Muslims attacked Christian Trinity and Incarnation as blasphemous polytheism (similarity 0.80)
• Medieval Christian anxiety centered on Islam’s denial of Jesus’ divinity (similarity 0.80)
• Medieval Christians read Muhammad’s life as a failed imitation of Christ (similarity 0.80)
• Medieval Christian distaste, not ignorance, distorted portrayals of Islam (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Islamic veneration of Christ as a pure man struck medieval monks as blasphemy #corroborates (0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 968
• Medieval Christians held genuinely conflicted feelings about Muslim reverence for Jesus and Mary. #expands (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 969
• Medieval Christians understood Muslims as revering biblical prophets and Jesus #corroborates (0.80) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 126