Comparing the Sacraments of the Assyrian and Nazarani Churches
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Hadrian Mar Elijah Bar Israel
May 4, 2016, 8:48:27 PM5/4/16
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By Hadrian Mar Elijah Bar Israel
The Church of the East (Assyrian Church of the East, and Ancient Church of the East), and the Nazarani Church all purport to share a similar qrgyma (Aramaic = “current”, “flow”, or “tradition”), which comes from the apostolic preaching of saints Thomas, Barthlomew, Addai and Mari in the Parthian empire (now modern day Iran and Iraq) during the 1st Century. These churches use similar anaphoras (liturgies), almost and almost identical versions of the Peshitta (Aramaic = “straight”) Bible scriptures. They honour many of the same saints, and practice much of the same spiritual polity, derived from the same apostolic sources, language, et cetera.
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The Church of the East (Assyrian Church of the East, and Ancient Church of the East), and the Nazarani Church all purport to share a similar qrgyma (Aramaic = “current”, “flow”, or “tradition”), which comes from the apostolic preaching of saints Thomas, Barthlomew, Addai and Mari in the Parthian empire (now modern day Iran and Iraq) during the 1st Century. These churches use similar anaphoras (liturgies), almost and almost identical versions of the Peshitta (Aramaic = “straight”) Bible scriptures. They honour many of the same saints, and practice much of the same spiritual polity, derived from the same apostolic sources, language, et cetera.
You can see the full article here.
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