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II. (2) And in one Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God,
begotten of the Father, only begotten, that is of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, of one substance
with the Father............. (3) who for us men and for our salvation came
down and was made flesh, and lived as man
among men, (4) Suffered, (5) And rose the third day, (6) Ascended into heaven,
(7) Is coming to Judge the quick and the dead. III. (8) And in the Holy Ghost,
There are many parallels to this form of belief among the ancient and extinct faiths, but they shall be dealt with in a subsequent lecture separately.
Islam, the youngest of the most widely spread religions, was founded in Arabia by one Mahomed on the ruins of the neighbouring creeds. It consists in belief in the existence of one god, termed Allah, in the revelation of the Qur'an and in the messengership of Mahomed, The doctrines of Islam include a belief in resurrection and in the existence of heavens and hell where souls go by way of reward or punishment for their deeds on earth. Muslims generally deny transmigra. tion, though several notable philosophers among them,
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