05-02-2004, 02:56 PM
shlomo oh Dave,
The Peshitto that we have in the Western Aramaic Tradition, has been the official Bible since the beginning of our Churches, and we belong to the Antiochan Church which Saint Peter sat on after the Church of Jerusalem, our Patriarch has the name Peter added to his name (to show an unbroken line). Our Church tradition reflect those of Edessa, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The end of the service of the Word, before the pre-Anaphora, has the ancient Jewish dissmissal of the Service of the Word. Our oldest liturgical text, that are considered older than that of Rome, reflect Peshitto readings. Our Traditions extend to the time of the Apostles, and much of those Apostolic Traditions are still followed in our Churches. The only constant text that we've known through out our Church Tradition is that of the Peshitto/a, and our oldest texts reflect that. The books and few sentences added from the Greek, are well documented, and aren't considered as part of the Peshitto Tradition, but were added due to the forced Hellenization of our Churches, many of these Churches fought wars against Byzantine, because fo these forced Hellenization attempt.
The only Bibilical Tradition that we have is that of the Peshitto/a, anything else that has been introduced was eventually rejected.
We're the Semitic people that first wittnessed the Good News, and this is our History and Traditions.
If you want to take a Western approach, to us Eastern Semitic people you'll fail, because Western thought, and Eastern thought are totally different.
poosh bashlomo,
keefa-moroon
The Peshitto that we have in the Western Aramaic Tradition, has been the official Bible since the beginning of our Churches, and we belong to the Antiochan Church which Saint Peter sat on after the Church of Jerusalem, our Patriarch has the name Peter added to his name (to show an unbroken line). Our Church tradition reflect those of Edessa, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The end of the service of the Word, before the pre-Anaphora, has the ancient Jewish dissmissal of the Service of the Word. Our oldest liturgical text, that are considered older than that of Rome, reflect Peshitto readings. Our Traditions extend to the time of the Apostles, and much of those Apostolic Traditions are still followed in our Churches. The only constant text that we've known through out our Church Tradition is that of the Peshitto/a, and our oldest texts reflect that. The books and few sentences added from the Greek, are well documented, and aren't considered as part of the Peshitto Tradition, but were added due to the forced Hellenization of our Churches, many of these Churches fought wars against Byzantine, because fo these forced Hellenization attempt.
The only Bibilical Tradition that we have is that of the Peshitto/a, anything else that has been introduced was eventually rejected.
We're the Semitic people that first wittnessed the Good News, and this is our History and Traditions.
If you want to take a Western approach, to us Eastern Semitic people you'll fail, because Western thought, and Eastern thought are totally different.
poosh bashlomo,
keefa-moroon