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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ,Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine ...
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Called the Persian Sage (transliterated as "ḥakkîmâ p̄ārsāyā"), Aphrahat was a witness of the concerns of the early church beyond the eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire. He is commemorated as a saint, with a feast day of April 7.
Jul 3, 2023 · Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (270-345AD) Aphrahat liveed and worked in a segment of the early Church that is not often mentioned or studied; that being that portion of the Syriac speaking members of the Church under Persian Zoroastrian rule.
Barhebræus (Chron. Eccles., Part II, § 10) informs us that Pharhad, or Aphraates, flourished in the time of Papas I, the Catholicus who died in A.D. 334. This is in accord with the data found in our author's writings which place the period of his literary activity between A.D. 337 and 345.
Jan 29, 2016 · Aphrahat was a hermit of Persian origin, who after a period at Edessa moved to Antioch, where he distinguished himself by his resolute opposition to Arianism. His arrival at Antioch can be dated to 361.
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Moreover, the ease with which Aphrahat engages Old Testament texts and his familiarity with Jewish Canons gives the feeling that he might be a Jewish Christian rather than a pagan convert. Syriac scholars agree that he was a Persian.
