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Syriac documents attributed to the first three centuries

CONTENTS Introductory Notice by the Translator, 1 FROM THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH Story concerning the King of Edessa, 5 The Teaching of Addseus the Apostle, 12 The Teaching of the Apostles, 85 The Teaching of Simon Cephas in the City of Rome, 49 Acts of Sharbil, 56 Martyrdom of Barsamya, 80 Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon, 91 Homily on Habib the Martyr, by Mar Jacob, 105 Homily on Guria and Shamuna, by Mar Jacob, 117 Canticle of Mar Jacob on Edessa, 129 Extracts from various Books concerning Abgar the King and Addseus the Apostle, 181 APPENDIX Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib, 136 Moses of Chorene : History of Armenia, 150 INDEXES. Index of Texts, 165 Index of Subjects, 165 Digitized by Google. · Caption title: Ancient Syriac documents relating to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the neighbouring countries · "These documents were selected by the late Dr. Cureton", and published in his Syriac-and-English work, "Ancient Syriac documents relative to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the neighbouring countries." Pratten's "translation of the Syriac portions ... may fairly be considered as independent." Most of the n

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