The Mohammedan System of Theology

by William Henry Neale

THE

MOHAMMEDAN SYSTEM

of

Theology;

or,

A COMPENDIOUS SURVEY

of the

HISTORY AND DOCTRINES OF ISLAMISM,

CONTRASTED WITH

CHRISTIANITY,

TOGETHER WITH REMARKS ON THE PROPHECIES RELATIVE TO ITS DISSOLUTION,

 

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BY THE REV. W. H. NEALE, A.M.

CHAPLAIN OF THE COUNTY BRIDEWELL, GOSPORT, HANTA.

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"Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι μαρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός." Epist. I. ad Corinth. iii. 11.

 

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. & J. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,

AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

1828.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Dedication
• Preface
• Subscribers

CONTENTS.

 

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1. CHAPTER I.

2. PAGE

3. Summary of the Life of Mohammed, comprising the origin and progress of the grand Eastern Apostasy, with the causes that contributed to its success;—the state of Islamism on the Death of its Author, and under his Successors the Caliphs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER II.

5. Success considered abstractedly affords no criterion of a divine original:—Christianity and Islamism contrasted:—the success of the former shown to be miraculous, and that of the latter accounted for on ordinary principles, consonant with prophecy, and will ultimately prove beneficial to truth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER III.

7. Some account of the Koran:—citations illustrative of its distinguishing tenets and style:—its literary character and merits discussed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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1. CHAPTER IV.

3. Islamism unsupported by miracles and prophecy:—opposed to former dispensations:—defective in essential points, and undeserving the character of a divine Revelation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER V.

5. The Scriptures vindicated from the charge of corruption:—several Mohammedan inaccuracies specified ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER VI.

7. The History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, given in the language of the Koran, with notes and suitable Reflections ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. CHAPTER VII.

9. The Christian scheme of Redemption through a Mediator ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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10. CHAPTER VIII.

11. The incidental blessings conferred by Christianity urged as a presumptive proof of the divine original ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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1. CHAPTER IX.

2. The Prophecies generally supposed to relate to the dissolution of the Mohammedan Apostasy considered in the light of encouragement for attempting their conversion, and the method by which it will be effected ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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