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  2. John of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, [a] was an Assyrian Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. [5]

  3. Christian influences on the Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    Christian influences in Islam can be traced back to Eastern Christianity, which surrounded the origins of Islam. [1] Islam, emerging in the context of the Middle East that was largely Christian, was first seen as a Christological heresy known as the "heresy of the Ishmaelites", described as such in Concerning Heresy by Saint John of Damascus, a Syriac scholar.

  4. Catholic Church and Islam - Wikipedia

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    In the 7th century text Concerning Heresy, Saint John of Damascus named Islam as Christological heresy, referring to it as the "heresy of the Ishmaelites" (see medieval Christian views on Muhammad). [1]

  5. Criticism of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    John claimed that an Arian monk (whom he did not know was Bahira) influenced Muhammad and the writer viewed the Islamic doctrines as nothing more than a hodgepodge culled from the Bible. [21] Among the first sources representing Muhammad is the polemical work "Concerning Heresy" (Perì hairéseōn) of John of Damascus, translated from Greek ...

  6. Medieval Christian views on Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] In the 8th century John of Damascus, a Syrian monk, Christian theologian, and apologist that lived under the Umayyad Caliphate, reported in his heresiological treatise De Haeresibus ("Concerning Heresy") the Islamic denial of Jesus' crucifixion and his alleged substitution on the cross, attributing the origin of these doctrines to ...

  7. Exorcist priest accused of 'flossing' with girl's hair ... - AOL

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    A priest from Michigan who hosts "The Exorcist Files" podcast is now facing charges in Illinois after allegedly pulling out a teenage girl’s hair and using it to floss his teeth.

  8. Heresy - Wikipedia

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    Heresy in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam has at times been met with censure ranging from excommunication to the death penalty. [3] Heresy is distinct from apostasy, which is the explicit renunciation of one's religion, principles or cause; [4] and from blasphemy, which is an impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. [5]

  9. Nebraska isn't running from Tennessee. It's following Indiana ...

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    There's no other way to look at it: Nebraska dropping Tennessee isn't about reduced stadium capacity. It's about easing College Football Playoff path