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of the New Testament was not completed, or rather establish-
ed. There were dozens of Gospels and Epistles bearing the
names of different Apostles and other companions of Jesus,
which were held by various Christian communities as sacred,
but they were rejected by the Nicene Council as spurious.
Footnote
(1). The Pshittha Version of the Old Testament never uses the words
"Syria" and "Syriac," but "Aram" and "Aramaic."
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As the seat or center of the Syriac language and learning
was Orhai, i.e. Edessa, and never Antioch, it was here that
the books of the New Testament were translated from the
Greek, after the notorious Assembly of Nicea.
A profound examination and study of the early Christian
ed. There were dozens of Gospels and Epistles bearing the
names of different Apostles and other companions of Jesus,
which were held by various Christian communities as sacred,
but they were rejected by the Nicene Council as spurious.
Footnote
(1). The Pshittha Version of the Old Testament never uses the words
"Syria" and "Syriac," but "Aram" and "Aramaic."
------------- end of footnote
As the seat or center of the Syriac language and learning
was Orhai, i.e. Edessa, and never Antioch, it was here that
the books of the New Testament were translated from the
Greek, after the notorious Assembly of Nicea.
A profound examination and study of the early Christian