Editing Swedenborgianism (section)

=== Islam ===
The New Church considers [[Islam]] to have been established by divine providence to eliminate [[idolatry]]. The New Church considers it a partial (or introductory) revelation; Islam worships one God, teaches one to live well and shun evil and teaches that Jesus was a great prophet and the son of the virgin Mary, but not the son of God (as in Christianity). The [[Quran]] contains teachings from sacred scripture.<ref>TCR, n. 833.</ref>

The church believes that Islam is a religion adapted to societies that practice [[polygamy]]. Since polygamy is an opposite love from monogamous marriage, and a marriage between a husband and wife corresponds to the marriage of God and the church, spiritual matters were not revealed in Islam.<ref>FJ, n. 71.</ref> It is regarded differently from Socinianism or Arianism because only Christians can profane what is holy by distorting scripture; non-Christians, such as Muslims, cannot.<ref>AC, n. 9021.</ref> Muslims oppose any Trinitarian Christian church.<ref>TCR, n. 831.</ref> The New Church believes that Muslims may enter heaven, but only those who reject polygamy can learn the true nature of God.<ref>TCR, n. 832.</ref>