Ricoldo rejected the Muslim idea that prophecy ended with Muhammad
Evidence
Muhammad claimed to be âthe end and the seal and the silence of all the prophetsâ; never, Ricoldo protested, could the hand of God be so shortened as to cease to give the prophetic spirit. â Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 129
Categorization
- SHARE: For a medievalist friend: Ricoldo da Monte Croceâs striking phrase âthe silence of all the prophetsâ as his rendering of the seal doctrine.
- XREF: connects to: Ricoldo first conflated hadith commentary with the Qurâanic text