Deity of Christ

CRITICAL: directly and explicitly denied by the Qur’an (e.g. Qur’an 5:72-75, 4:171, rejecting the claim that ‘God is the Messiah’). This is the doctrine most likely to be read as blasphemous rather than merely mistaken by a Muslim reader; must be taught with full pastoral awareness of that reception, not softened, but also not presented without context.