10-14-2011, 03:27 AM
Shlama Akhi Chuck,
Yes, that is true. If the Patristic heritage of the CoE is taken as a witness, there is a conspicuous absence of any reference or quotations from these books. Additionally, and more importantly, there is no appointed reading from these books in the Hudra, or any day in the liturgical "cycle."
All evidence points to a complete lack of knowledge concerning these books until at least the tumultuous period surrounding the Christological debacles in the West.
Akin to the Roman Catholic (not Protestant) viewpoint on the "Apocrypha."
+Shamasha
Thirdwoe Wrote:The Church of the East, did not see these other books for many centuries if I'm not mistaken, right Paul?
Yes, that is true. If the Patristic heritage of the CoE is taken as a witness, there is a conspicuous absence of any reference or quotations from these books. Additionally, and more importantly, there is no appointed reading from these books in the Hudra, or any day in the liturgical "cycle."
All evidence points to a complete lack of knowledge concerning these books until at least the tumultuous period surrounding the Christological debacles in the West.
Thirdwoe Wrote:And they have not rejected them, but have a special relationship with those 22 books that The Apostles handed personally to them.
Akin to the Roman Catholic (not Protestant) viewpoint on the "Apocrypha."
+Shamasha