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is allah (sw) one or three? - Islam Center

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(١٢٠)IS ALLAH (S.W) ONE OR THREE?Scholars talked about the conditions that made Paul say what hesaid about Jesus’ (PBUH) divinity, and the resources, from whichPaul derived th<strong>is</strong> belief.The areas, in which Paul preached, were full of myths that spreadand were accepted by the naïve, who were the maj<strong>or</strong>ity of the peopleat that time. In addition, those communities were idolatrous; theybelieved in multiple gods, their incarnation, and their death. In theirjourney to Lystra, Paul and Barnabas perf<strong>or</strong>med some miracles:“And when the crowds saw what Paul had d<strong>one</strong>, they liftedup their voices, saying in Lycaonian, "The gods have comedown to us in the likeness of men! Barnabas they calledZeus, and Paul, Hermes.” (Acts 14/11-12) Zeus and Hermes,acc<strong>or</strong>ding to the edit<strong>or</strong>s of the Holy Bible Dictionary, are names f<strong>or</strong>two of the Greek gods; the first <strong>is</strong> the great god and the second <strong>is</strong> thegod of eloquence.Thus, those simple people believed that Paul and Barnabas weregods, just because they did some miracles. M<strong>or</strong>eover, the Book ofActs mentions that the priests offered a sacrifice f<strong>or</strong> them, but theydid not because Paul and Barnabas rejected that. (Acts 14:13-18)What would those people say about Jesus (PBUH) who brought thedead to life, he himself rose from the dead, and perf<strong>or</strong>med manymiracles?The idea of the incarnated gods was acceptable f<strong>or</strong> pagans, whomade dates and celebrations f<strong>or</strong> the incarnated gods’ birth, death,and resurrection. Theref<strong>or</strong>e, Paul spread the st<strong>or</strong>y of God’s descentto the earth f<strong>or</strong> the Romans to see, and to be close to them.The churches in which Paul preached adopted and accepted th<strong>is</strong>belief m<strong>or</strong>e than other churches, accepting the idea of the humanGod, as it was w<strong>or</strong>shipping idols bef<strong>or</strong>e that.Jesus’ (PBUH) divinity became an official belief in Chr<strong>is</strong>tianity afterthe First Nicene Council, which decided Jesus’ divinity, and the FirstCouncil of Constantinople completed the Trinity when they deifiedthe Holy Spirit.

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