Rejecting Paul meant restoring ritual-purity rules that attracted Muslim converts

Evidence

To a certain extent, the books were a counterbalance to aspects of the canonical New Testament. In the Acts of the Apostles we have a Christianity that is Pauline, whereas in the Sacromonte texts what is striking is that Paul does not appear. Paul, of course, taught very clearly that the strict regulations concerning ritual purity and diet that Christianity had inherited from its Judaic, Semitic, past no longer applied. Among the aspects of Christian practice that distress Muslims is the fact that the formal regulation of ritual purity has been abandoned. (Jesus in the Gospels is very scathing when a Pharisee tells him he ought to have washed his hands before a meal.) Any move toward reintroducing concepts of ritual purity, etc., of disregarding Paul, would have pleased the Moriscos. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1261 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The forged Sacromonte books suppressed Paul to appeal to Muslim converts — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1261; Enforced converts used ritual purity to make Christian mass count as Islamic prayer. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 290; Ancestry-based purity laws displaced religious conversion as a path to inclusion (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The forged Sacromonte books suppressed Paul to appeal to Muslim converts #exemplifies (0.92) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1261
• Ancestry-based purity laws displaced religious conversion as a path to inclusion #complicates (0.78)