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literature and history will show that the first preachers of
the Gospel were Jews who spoke Aramaic or the old Syriac
language. Whether this "Gospel" was a written document,
or an unwritten doctrine or religion taught and propagated
orally, is a question for itself and lies outside the sphere of
our present subject. But one thing is certain and does really
fall within the periphery of our subject - namely, the early
Christians conducted their religious services in the Aramaic
language. That was the common language spoken by the
Jews, the Syrians, the Phoenicians, the Chaldeans, and the
Assyrians. Now it is but clear that the Christians belonging
to the Aramaic-speaking nationalities would certainly prefer
to read and pray in their own language, and consequently
various Gospels, Epistles, prayer-books, and liturgies were
written in the Syriac. Even the Armenians, before the inven-
tion of their alphabet in the fifth century, had adopted the
Syriac characters.
the Gospel were Jews who spoke Aramaic or the old Syriac
language. Whether this "Gospel" was a written document,
or an unwritten doctrine or religion taught and propagated
orally, is a question for itself and lies outside the sphere of
our present subject. But one thing is certain and does really
fall within the periphery of our subject - namely, the early
Christians conducted their religious services in the Aramaic
language. That was the common language spoken by the
Jews, the Syrians, the Phoenicians, the Chaldeans, and the
Assyrians. Now it is but clear that the Christians belonging
to the Aramaic-speaking nationalities would certainly prefer
to read and pray in their own language, and consequently
various Gospels, Epistles, prayer-books, and liturgies were
written in the Syriac. Even the Armenians, before the inven-
tion of their alphabet in the fifth century, had adopted the
Syriac characters.