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Aphrahat. 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 ...
Aphrahat is alleged to have asked whether it was reasonable to exchange a trusted old servant for a new one merely because he was a fellow countryman. Anthemius is alleged to have replied, "Certainly not," and Aphrahat retorted, "Then take back your tunic, for I have one that I have worn for 16 years, and I need no more than one."
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. He was born in Persia around 270, but all his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later in his ...
Aphrahat. Select Demonstrations — Aphrahat. Demonstration I. -- Of Faith. 1. I have received thy letter, my beloved, and when I read it, it greatly gladdened me that thou hast turned thy thoughts to these investigations. For this thing that thou hast asked of me shall be freely granted, [648] for freely it was received.
Search for: 'Aphrahat' in Oxford Reference ». (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.
In many of the Demonstrations, Aphrahat takes issue with positions he attributes to Jews, and this Demonstration is no different. 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.
Aphrahat (c. 270–c. 345; Latin Aphraates) was a Syriac-Christian author of the 3rd century from the Adiabene region of Northern Mesopotamia, which was within the Persian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. He was born in Persia around 270, but all his known works ...
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