03-18-2004, 12:51 PM
shlomo oh Paul,
The Syriac Maronites and the Assyrians actually do share some religious text.
We share a document which is called by many names, but which is the same:
-Assyrian: The Hallowing of Addai and Mari/The Anaphora of the Blessed Apostles.
-Maronite: The Anaphora of Peter III (Sharar)/The Anaphora of the Disciples at the Death of the Mother of God. <- some believe that it was composed by the Twelve Apostles.
We also share the Peshitta! <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
I also believe the ancient book of directions was used both by the Assyrian and the Maronites.
The Syriac Maronite hymns differ in sound from the sounds of the Syriac Orthodox/Catholic (the Syriac Orthodox/Catholic sounds have been hellenised), where as the Syriac Maronite conserved the ancient sounds which are similar to that of the Assyrians (but as time passes, and due to our interaction with Latinization our hymn sounds have been sped up a bit)
Actually there's even an ancient document where the Patriarch of the Syriac Maronite Church sent a letter to the Patriarch of Assyrian Church calling him "my Syriac brother". It's too bad that I don't have a copy of that manuscript.
There might be some other stuff, but I'll have to do some research.
poosh bashlomo,
keefa-moroon
The Syriac Maronites and the Assyrians actually do share some religious text.
We share a document which is called by many names, but which is the same:
-Assyrian: The Hallowing of Addai and Mari/The Anaphora of the Blessed Apostles.
-Maronite: The Anaphora of Peter III (Sharar)/The Anaphora of the Disciples at the Death of the Mother of God. <- some believe that it was composed by the Twelve Apostles.
We also share the Peshitta! <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
I also believe the ancient book of directions was used both by the Assyrian and the Maronites.
The Syriac Maronite hymns differ in sound from the sounds of the Syriac Orthodox/Catholic (the Syriac Orthodox/Catholic sounds have been hellenised), where as the Syriac Maronite conserved the ancient sounds which are similar to that of the Assyrians (but as time passes, and due to our interaction with Latinization our hymn sounds have been sped up a bit)
Actually there's even an ancient document where the Patriarch of the Syriac Maronite Church sent a letter to the Patriarch of Assyrian Church calling him "my Syriac brother". It's too bad that I don't have a copy of that manuscript.
There might be some other stuff, but I'll have to do some research.
poosh bashlomo,
keefa-moroon
Paul Younan Wrote:Shlama Akhi Michael,
Yes, this story deals with Edessa (in the Roman empire.) Edessa contained the community that later became the SOC during Rabbula's time (he later earned the nickname - "the Tyrant of Edessa.")
The CoE was centered in the regions of Arbela and Babylon (across the border in the Persian empire.)
Abgar was king of Edessa (a Roman client kingdom), while Nersai was king of Assyria (a Persian client kingdom, with its capital in Arbela.) (ref. footnote #65)
As you probably already know - bishops, metropolitans and the other church hierarchy in those days were assigned to cities and regions. No bishop in the Roman empire had any jurisdiction over Christian communities in Persian cities. Likewise, no bishop in the Persian empire had any jurisdiction over Christian communities in Roman cities.
This is the reason why Rabbula could not have possibly had any role in destroying copies of the Diatesseron in the Persian empire, where the CoE had its own bishops who were his enemies.