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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 ...
Aphrahat, Aphraat, Aphraates or Afrates (Greek: Aφραάτης i; Persian: فرهاد; and Classical Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ) was a fourth-century Persian -born hermit who was active in Mesopotamia and Syria during the reign of Emperor Valens (r. 365–378) and perhaps Theodosius (r. 378–395). His life is known only from the account of Theodoret ...
Now thus is faith; when a man believes in God the Lord of all, Who made the heavens and the earth and the seas and all that is in them; and He made Adam in His image; and He gave the Law to Moses; He sent of His Spirit upon the prophets; He sent moreover His Christ into the world.
Aphrahat (Greek: Ἀφραάτης; Latin: Aphraates) (c. 270 – c. 345 C.E.) was an Assyrian author of the fourth century from Persia, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice.
(early 4th cent.), the first of the Syriac Church Fathers. He was an ascetic, evidently holding high ecclesiastical office. His Demonstrations (inaccurately known as his Homilies) were completed between 337 and 345. The first 22 give a survey of Christian faith, the last being an appendix.
Summary. One of the two most important fourth-century Syriac writers, 1 Aphrahat is known only through the Demonstrations attributed to him, twenty-two short pieces that address various topics.
Nov 10, 2020 · Aphrahat is known in the tradition as “the Persian Sage.” He is the first Father in our series to live, geographically and culturally, outside the Roman Empire. Born in the late third century in...
