View of Christianity
In the third treatise (ch. xvi.) he says that "the religion of the Christians, as practised at present, has nothing in common with the teachings of Jesus." According to Qirqisani, the Christianity of his day originated with Paul, who ascribed divinity to Jesus and prophetic inspiration to himself. It was Paul that denied the necessity of carrying out the Commandments and taught that religion consisted in humility; and the First Council of Nicaea adopted precepts which occur neither in the Law, nor in the Gospels, nor in the Acts of Peter and Paul.
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