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A Comparative Approach to the “Trinity”… A-S. Fatemi Hasanabadi and M. Islami / 31

                      so  believe  in  Allah  and        1. The Gospels
                      His messengers. Say not        The  lineage  of  Christ  is
                      “Trinity”: desist: it will     expressed  in  the  Gospels  in
                      be  better  for  you:  for     various ways:
                      Allah  is  one  Allah:             -  Son of David: The sick
                      Glory  be  to  Him:  (far             called  Christ  by  this
                      exalted  is  He)  above               name      for     healing
                      having  a  son.  To  Him              (Matthew, 9: 27) and all
                      belong  all  things  in  the          the  people  confessed
                      heavens  and  on  earth,              that  Christ  was  the  son
                      And enough is Allah as                of David. (Matthew, 12: 23;
                      a  Disposer  of  affairs”.            Ibid, 15: 22)
                      (Quran, 4: 171)                    -  Son of Joseph: Joseph is
                                                            mentioned      in    some
                 The     result   is   that    if           Gospels as Mary fiancé
               everything  in  the  heavens  and            or wife; (Matthew, 2: 11)
               the  earth  belongs  to  God;  So            Although  some  of  the
               there  is  no  other  god  who               Gospels are skeptical of
               wants to be next to this god.                being the son of Joseph,

                                                            (Luke  3:  23)  others
               The Lineage of Christ                        explicitly cite this relation.
               The last article of this article is          (Matthew, 1: 23; 20: 16;
               the  lineage  of  Jesus  Christ,             John: 1: 45; Ibid, 6: 42)
               which is mentioned in different           -  Son    of    Mary:    The
               interpretations  and  some  of               Gospels  agree  on  the
               these  interpretations  refer  to            mother  of  Christ.  The
               his lineage. In general, what is             story of the descent of the
               stated  in  the  scriptures  as  a           angel  (Holy  Spirit)  on
               lineage  for  Christ  cannot  be             Mary  and  her  pregnancy
               consistent  with  his  divinity,             while  she was  praying  is
               which is examined and analyzed               mostly  quoted  in  the
               in three areas.                              Gospels. (Matthew, 1: 18;

                                                            Luke, 1: 35; Ibid, 2: 5)
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