09-17-2003, 08:27 PM
A second source that disagrees with your reading!
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It seems that even the Diatesseron does not say "Before God!"
So it seems that Ephraem and Aphrahat are, like I SAID ORIGINALLY, freely and liberally expounding from scripture and NOT QUOTING DIRECTLY.
Definitely, they were NOT quoting the Diatesseron, let alone Old Scratch! <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/poketoungeb.gif" alt="" title="Poke Tounge" /><!-- s -->
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It seems that even the Diatesseron does not say "Before God!"
So it seems that Ephraem and Aphrahat are, like I SAID ORIGINALLY, freely and liberally expounding from scripture and NOT QUOTING DIRECTLY.
Definitely, they were NOT quoting the Diatesseron, let alone Old Scratch! <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/poketoungeb.gif" alt="" title="Poke Tounge" /><!-- s -->
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan