"No Islam" time lines have come up before, likely. It seems to me that the opportunity for something like Islam to arise, needs literacy and a monotheistic religion around, and would end when ATL all of Arabia goes Christian.
Anthony Appleyard said:and would end when ATL all of Arabia goes Christian.
Matt Quinn said:Leej,
The Copts are Monophysites, while the Eastern Orthodox Church is Athanasian (spelling). That's a bigger doctrinal issue than what ultimately split the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Ah, but what branch? Turtledove aside, I seriously doubt any flavor of Chalcedonian (proto-Orthodox/Catholic) Christianity would gain any influence... and the Nestorian Church (mainly centered in Persian Mesopotamia) is a considerable theological odds with the Monophystite underground in Armenia, the Levant, and Egypt.Anthony Appleyard said:"No Islam" time lines have come up before, likely. It seems to me that the opportunity for something like Islam to arise, needs literacy and a monotheistic religion around, and would end when ATL all of Arabia goes Christian.
cow defender said:athanasians are pretty much roman catholics if i remember correctly, and monophysites are well kinda confusing...
The central issues revolved around the nature(s) of Christ, Although both sides of the controversy accepted the formulation of the Nicene Creed, they fought over the way in which divinity and humanity are joined in Christ Jesus. The problem arose when they began to think about the fact that God (and therefore the divine nature of Christ) was unchangeable, immutable and eternal, while human nature is changeable and temporal.
•Antiochian theologians tended to stress Christ’s human nature, because they believed that Christ needed to be fully and truly human if he were to be the saviour of human beings.
• The Alexandrians tended to stress Christ’s divinity and his role as teacher of divine truth.
i think the alexandrians are the monophysites
cow defender said:actually i still consider that the west, maybe not tamerlane but all the rest of it. by east i was refering to the FAR east, china japan etc. didn't the japanese at least persecute the xns at one point?