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Though it is not explicitly titled Against the Jews, as other pieces attributed to him are, this Demonstration is written as advice to an imagined Christian friend who seeks to answer several objections supposedly raised by Jews about how Christians speak of Jesus.
For when any one is brought nigh unto faith, it is laid for him upon the Stone, that is our Lord Jesus Christ. And his building cannot be shaken by the waves, nor can it be injured by the winds. By the stormy blasts it does not fall, because its structure is reared upon the rock of the true Stone.
His assertion of Christ’s divine nature is considered an important early contribution to Christology (the understanding of the nature and role of Jesus in Christianity). Finally, Aphrahat wrote during a time of violent persecution of Christians under Shapur II of the Persian Empire.
Aphrahat was born near the border of Roman Syria and Neo-Persian Iran around 280, during the rule of Sasanian Emperor Shapur II. [1] The name Aphrahat is the Syriac version of the Persian name Frahāt, which is the modern Persian Farhād (فرهاد). He might have had Persian Jewish ancestors. [4]
Though He is the great King, He grudges not the name of Kingship to men. And (so), though He is the great God, yet He grudged not the name of Godhead to the sons of flesh. And though all fatherhood is His, He has called men also fathers.
Nov 10, 2020 · He wrote in a dialect of Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus. He maintained close contact with Judaism and demonstrated a profound knowledge of Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish customs.
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Jul 2, 2023 · The Syriac Father of the Church, Aphrahat (Syriac, Frahat in the Persian Sassanian Empire of his time, Farhad in modern Persian, Aphraates in Latin) was born c.270AD in Assyria and died c.345AD in. Adiabene. He wrote in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus and his Apostles.1
