Title:

Περὶ τῆς τῶν ὀρθοδόξων καὶ τῶν σαρακηνῶν πίστεως

Short title

Title variations

Title in English

About the Faith of the Orthodox and of the Saracens

Section

Language

Greek

Creation date

1550

Genre

Disputatio,Treatise,Religious text

Content

Other

Content table

Polemical and apocalyptical texts

Formal Expression

Prose

Qur'an quotations

Yes

Original

No

Source

The Greek translation of Contra legem Sarracenorum

Use (macro-category)

Polemical

Use (micro-category)

Polemics against Islam

Bibliographical references

Ioannis Karmiris (ed.), Ho Pachomios Rousanos kai ta anekdota dogmatika kai alla erga autou (Athens, 1935), pp. 242-265; Octavian-Adrian Negoiță, "Pachōmios Rousanos", in: D. Thomas & J. Chestworth (eds.), Christian-Muslim Relations Online II (Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2022)

Descriptive card

This is Rousanos' only polemical treatise against Islam, in which he adopts a comparative perspective for refuting 'the religion of Muhammad'. Conventionally divided into two parts, the first apologetical and the second polemical, Rousanos' treatise discusses topics related to Orthodox dogma (Trinity, Christology, etc.) and Islamic beliefs. A considerable part in this treatise is occupied by the polemic Rousanos directs against the Qur'an, which he compares with the Christian Scriptures.

Entry author

Octavian Negoita