01-26-2004, 05:20 PM
Dear Rob,
The quote is irrrelevant. Both Jerome and Augustine were in Rome/Byzantium and speaking of the circumstances there.
I am talking about Persia and the circumstances there.
In Persia (the empire where the Church of the East was situated), native believers (ethnic Jews or Gentiles) were called "Nazarenes" (in fact, they are still called that today) - and the captive Greek Christians who were brought over by the Persian armies from Roman areas were called by their Greek name "Kristian."
The quote is irrrelevant. Both Jerome and Augustine were in Rome/Byzantium and speaking of the circumstances there.
I am talking about Persia and the circumstances there.
In Persia (the empire where the Church of the East was situated), native believers (ethnic Jews or Gentiles) were called "Nazarenes" (in fact, they are still called that today) - and the captive Greek Christians who were brought over by the Persian armies from Roman areas were called by their Greek name "Kristian."
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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