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CONGRUITIES AND INCONGRUITIES BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN |
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With a view to facilitating the practice of religion which he had invented and to making it agreeable to the pagans, Paul abolished the Law. He preached that sincere faith in Jesus would be sufficient for the atonement, and that circumcision was no longer an obligation. « Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.» (Galatians 2/16) « Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.» ( 2 Corinthians 3/6)
Luke had the following to say about the attempt at abolition of the Law: « And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.» (Acts 21/18, 20, 21)
Dr. Maurice Bucaille, in his book had the following to say about Paul: « For those Judeo-Christians who remained 'loyal Jews', Paul was a traitor: Judeo-Christian documents call him 'an enemy', accuse him of 'tactical double-dealing.» (İbid. P.26)
St.Paul, in his letters, argued that by acting according to the Law man could not be saved, for sincere faith to be put in Christ only would save him. Yet, in the Gospel according to Matthew, quite the reverse was said. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (5/17) Paul's argument to the effect that the words he pronounced had their origin in Jesus Christ, and that part of the Law had been abolished, had generated great controversy and conflict between him and the Nazarenes. A human being could not possibly style himself as an authority empowered to abolish the Law that Almighty had revealed to his prophet!
St. PAUL'S DEFINITION OF JESUS MESSIAH