Medieval History
In 781 AD the East Syriac Catholicos, Timothy I, was invited by the
Abbassid Caliph al-Mahdi to answer a series of questions about
Christianity over two days. The questions and his replies are extant
in Syriac. I've placed the English translation by Alphonse Mingana
online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/timothy_i_apology_01_text.htm
Introduction here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/timothy_i_apology_00_intro.htm
Timothy I was an interesting man, heavily involved in the Nestorian
evangelism which ultimately reached China. He also was involved in
biblical textual criticism, and his letters record the discovery of
some old manuscripts of the Psalms in the region of the Dead Sea; a
possible precursor of the modern Dead Sea Scrolls discovery.
The text above is public domain: please copy freely. It now forms
part of my collection of public domain patristic texts available here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/
For those who would like to support the work of the site, you can buy
a CDROM of the translations from here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/all_the_fathers_on_cd.htm
- Roger Pearse At It Again....
One of these is the "Commentary on the Nicene Creed" by al-Majdalus. He may have been a Melkite priest of the 10th century. This one came in last weekend, which is why I publicise it. You can get the Arabic text, and English translation in Word documents....
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A week or so ago I scanned and placed online Weiskotten's English translation (1919) of Possidius' Life of St. Augustine: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/possidius_life_of_augustine_02_text. htm In response to request, I've now scanned the...
- Roger Pearse Has Added More To His Site
The remaining 5 chapters of the 6th century History of John of Epiphania have been translated into English by Scott Kennedy, who has sent them to me and kindly made it public domain. It's here: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm...
- More From Roger Pearse
I have scanned an English translation of Eunapius: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_01_intro.htm http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_02_text.htm The collection as a whole is at: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers There is also a CDROM...
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Roger provides a wonderful service. He's added more to his great website. I have scanned an English translation of 16 letters from Libanius to Julian the Apostate: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/libanius_02_16_letters_to_julian.htm Also his oration...
Medieval History
Timothy I, was invited by the Abbassid Caliph al-Mahdi
In 781 AD the East Syriac Catholicos, Timothy I, was invited by the
Abbassid Caliph al-Mahdi to answer a series of questions about
Christianity over two days. The questions and his replies are extant
in Syriac. I've placed the English translation by Alphonse Mingana
online here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/timothy_i_apology_01_text.htm
Introduction here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/timothy_i_apology_00_intro.htm
Timothy I was an interesting man, heavily involved in the Nestorian
evangelism which ultimately reached China. He also was involved in
biblical textual criticism, and his letters record the discovery of
some old manuscripts of the Psalms in the region of the Dead Sea; a
possible precursor of the modern Dead Sea Scrolls discovery.
The text above is public domain: please copy freely. It now forms
part of my collection of public domain patristic texts available here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/
For those who would like to support the work of the site, you can buy
a CDROM of the translations from here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/all_the_fathers_on_cd.htm
- Roger Pearse At It Again....
One of these is the "Commentary on the Nicene Creed" by al-Majdalus. He may have been a Melkite priest of the 10th century. This one came in last weekend, which is why I publicise it. You can get the Arabic text, and English translation in Word documents....
- More On Possidius' Life
A week or so ago I scanned and placed online Weiskotten's English translation (1919) of Possidius' Life of St. Augustine: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/possidius_life_of_augustine_02_text. htm In response to request, I've now scanned the...
- Roger Pearse Has Added More To His Site
The remaining 5 chapters of the 6th century History of John of Epiphania have been translated into English by Scott Kennedy, who has sent them to me and kindly made it public domain. It's here: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm...
- More From Roger Pearse
I have scanned an English translation of Eunapius: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_01_intro.htm http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eunapius_02_text.htm The collection as a whole is at: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers There is also a CDROM...
- Roger Pearse Has Been Busy
Roger provides a wonderful service. He's added more to his great website. I have scanned an English translation of 16 letters from Libanius to Julian the Apostate: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/libanius_02_16_letters_to_julian.htm Also his oration...