10-10-2008, 04:00 PM
October 10, 2008
George Lamsa, who was born in Kurdistan in the late 19th Century, was a cradle member and held to a lifetime personal association with the Church fo the East. He received his higher education from Anglican schools in Turkey and attended the Episcopal Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States. In collaboration with the Episcopal historian, William Chaucey Emhardt, in 1926 George Lamsa wrote a detailed and information history of the Church of the East in a book entitled The Oldest Christian People, William C. Emhardt and George M. Lamsa, reprinted in 1970 by AMS Press, Inc., New York, NY.
Here is a list of the Chapters:
I. THE REMNANT OF THE ASSYRIANS
II. ASSYRIAN TRADITIONS
III. THE EVANGELISM OF THE ASSYRIANS
IV. ROMAN AND PERSIAN WARS
V. NESTORIUS AND THE ASSYRIANS
VI. NESTORIAN CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES
VII. NESTORIAN MISSIONS IN THE FAR EAST
VIII. RISE OF ISLAM AND THE ARABIAN CONQUEST
IX. RELATION BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MOHAMMEDANS
X. THE ADVENT OF THE WESTERN MISSIONS IN THE EAST
XI. DURING THE WAR
XII. THE ASSYRIANS SINCE 1918
XIII. THE ASSYRIANS BEFORE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
XIV,. FINAL SETTLEMENT
In Chapter V, page 49, the authors wrote: "The term Nestorians is a nickname given to this Christian community which had been in exisence four hundred years before Nestorius was born."
This book is still in print and can be found easily:
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Otto
George Lamsa, who was born in Kurdistan in the late 19th Century, was a cradle member and held to a lifetime personal association with the Church fo the East. He received his higher education from Anglican schools in Turkey and attended the Episcopal Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States. In collaboration with the Episcopal historian, William Chaucey Emhardt, in 1926 George Lamsa wrote a detailed and information history of the Church of the East in a book entitled The Oldest Christian People, William C. Emhardt and George M. Lamsa, reprinted in 1970 by AMS Press, Inc., New York, NY.
Here is a list of the Chapters:
I. THE REMNANT OF THE ASSYRIANS
II. ASSYRIAN TRADITIONS
III. THE EVANGELISM OF THE ASSYRIANS
IV. ROMAN AND PERSIAN WARS
V. NESTORIUS AND THE ASSYRIANS
VI. NESTORIAN CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES
VII. NESTORIAN MISSIONS IN THE FAR EAST
VIII. RISE OF ISLAM AND THE ARABIAN CONQUEST
IX. RELATION BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MOHAMMEDANS
X. THE ADVENT OF THE WESTERN MISSIONS IN THE EAST
XI. DURING THE WAR
XII. THE ASSYRIANS SINCE 1918
XIII. THE ASSYRIANS BEFORE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
XIV,. FINAL SETTLEMENT
In Chapter V, page 49, the authors wrote: "The term Nestorians is a nickname given to this Christian community which had been in exisence four hundred years before Nestorius was born."
This book is still in print and can be found easily:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gorgiaspress.com">http://www.gorgiaspress.com</a><!-- m -->
Otto