دانلود کتاب History of the Syrian Nation and the Old Evangelical-Apostolic Church of the East

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Introduction\nPREFACE\nA SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF PROF. MALECH\nINTRODUCTION\nCONTENTS\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\nINTRODUCTION\nCHAPTER I. General Information About the Sons of Men. About the Habitation of the Sons of Noah. About the Habitation of the Children of Shem\nCHAPTER II. The Religion of the Arameans, Assyrians and Chaldeans\nCHAPTER III. The Ancient Kingdom of Babylon. The Generation of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. The Country of the Babylonians. The City of Babylon. The Sciences and Arts of the Babylonians. The Babylonian Kings\' Chronology\nCHAPTER IV. The Assyrian Kingdom. Sennacherib, the Assyrian King. Esar Haddon or Sarkadon, His Son. Chronology of the Kings of Assyria\nCHAPTER V. The Aramaic Language\nCHAPTER VI. The Arameans, Chaldeans, Assyrians and Syrians Are One Nation and Their Language is One\nCHAPTER VII. The Art of Writing, or Concerning the Aramaic Alphabet\nCHAPTERV III. The Religion of the Children of Men Before Christ Came Into the World. The Birth of Jesus Christ. The Names of the Men Who Came to Meet Jesus in Bethlehem. Religious Liberty in the Time of Jesus Christ. How Christianity Was Planted in the East Among the Syrians in the First Century A. D\nCHAPTER IX. The Doctrine of Addai\nCHAPTER X. Aramaic Bible Versions in the First Century. Persecutions of the Christians in the First Century\nCHAPTER XI. Missions in the Second Century. The First Period of Heretics. Bardesan\nCHAPTER XII. The History of Edessa. The Bishops of Edessa. The Siege and Sacking of Edessa by Zengi\nCHAPTER XIII. The Sassanian Empire of Persia. Mani the Heretic. Persecution of the Christians in the West in the Second Century A. D\nCHAPTER XIV. The Third and Fourth Centuries. The Third Century Patriarchs. Milis and Shimeon Bar Sabbae. Aphraates or Parhad\nCHAPTER XV. The War Between Rome and Persia\nCHAPTER XVI. Early Persecutions. The First Martyrs. The Martyrs of Azerbaijan and Beth Garmai. Martyrs of Arbela and Chadih\nCHAPTER XVII. The Biography and Works of Mar Aphrem, the Syrian\nCHAPTER XVIII. The Eastern Syrian Church During the Fifth Century. The Patriarchal Seat of Salek. The Great Ecclesiastical Assemblies of the Eastern Church. Mar Isaac\'s Synod. Mar Jahb Alaha, Patriarch. The Persecution of King Jazdegerd the First\nCHAPTER XIX. Behram V. Surnamed \"Gor\" or Wildass. Mar Dad Ishu, Patriarch. The Persecution During the Reign of Jazdegerd II. Mar Petion (Monk), from Sharbat Sahde\nCHAPTER XX. Babaia or Babuaeus, Patriarch, 457-484 A. D. The Controversies of the Western Church. The Syrian Christians in India. Mar Acacius, Patriarch. Mar Acacius\'s Synod at Beth Lapat. Teaching of Morals. About Marriage\nCHAPTER XXI. The School of Nisibis and Other Schools. The Statutes of the Nisibian School. Mar Sava, the Apostle of the Heathen. Mar Babai, Patriarch. King Zamaseph. Babai\'s Synod\nCHAPTER XXII. The Sixth Century. Names of the Patriarchs During the Reign of the Persian Kings. Shila, Patriarch. Paul, Patriarch. Kesro I., King of Persia. Mar Abba I., Patriarch. The Jacobites. John of Asia, and Zacharjah. Joseph, Patriarch. Ezechiel, Patriarch\nCHAPTER XXIII. Jacob of Serugh. Abraham of Kashkar, Called the \"Great.\" King Hormezd IV. Ish Jahb I., Patriarch. Ishu Jahb\'s Synod. Sabrishu, Patriarch. About the Dissenting Theological Opinions in the Persian Church. Mat Sabrishu\'s Synod 205 Seventh Century. Patriarchs and Rulers. Gregorius, Patriarch. His Synod. Our Creed\nCHAPTER XXIV. Persecution of the Christians by King Kesro II. Parvis. The Last Days of Kesro Parvis. Mar Ishu Jahb ]I. Purandakt, Daughter of Kesro Parvis, Queen of Persia. Mohammed (from Roset al Safa). Agreement Between Mohammed and the Christians of the East: Original Text in the Persian Language, and Translation of the Same. Signatures Under This Document of Mohammed and His Foremost Men and Followers. Abubark. Omar. Uthman. Ali. Mar Emah, Patriarch. Mar Ishu Jahb III. Kadifa, Patriarch. Mar Giuergis I., Patriarch. Mar Giuergis\'s Synod. Mar Knanishu, Patriarch. Johannan II . , Patriarch. Babai the Great. The Witness of Jazdin Pana. Some Events of the Seventh Century. The Spreading of Christianity in the East. The Contents of the Old Books. Cloisters and Cloister Rules. Rules for Monks of the Cloister, by Mar Abraham. Syran Missions. The China Mission of the Seventh Century. The Spreading of Christianity in the East. The Contents of the Old Books. Cloisters and Cloister Rules. Rules for Monks of the Cloister, by Mar Abraham. Syran Missions. The China Mission\nCHAPTER XXV. The Eighth Century of the Syrian Church. Patriarchs and Rulers. Zeliba Zeka, Patriarch. Mar Petion, Patriarch. Mar Jacob, Patriarch. Abu Gafar Mansor. The Syrian Monument in China. Translation of the Syrian and Chinese Inscription, by Mr. A. Wylie. The Nestorians in China, by S. Wells Williams. Mar Timotheos, Patriarch. Ishu, the Evangelist to Northwestern Persia. Harun al Raschid, Caliph. Doctor Gabriel\nCHAPTER XXVI. The Ninth Century. Patriarchs and Rulers. Ishu Bar Non, Patriarch. Giuergis II., Patriarch. Abraham II., Patriarch. Theodosius, Patriarch. Sargis, Patriarch. Mar Anush, Patriarch. Johannan III. Bar Nersai, Patriarch. Johannan IV., Patriarch. Zoroaster\'s Prophecy About the Coming of Christ. Bar Kasoma, the Magian. A Wonderful Prophecy About the Birth of Christ. Thomas of Marga. Abul Hassan Tabet\nCHAPTER XXVII. The Tenth Century. Patriarchs and Rulers. Johannan V., Patriarch. Abraham III . , Patriarch. Emmanuel, Patriarch. Israel, Patriarch. Abd Ishu, Patriarch. Mari Bar Tobi, Patriarch\nCHAPTER XXVIII. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Johannan VI., Patriarch. Johannan VII., Patriarch. Ishu Jahb IV., Patriarch. Johannan VIII. , Patriarch. Sabrishu III. Bar Zambur, Patriarch. Abdishu II., Patriarch. Makikah I., Patriarch. Elias III. , Patriarch. Barsauma, Patriarch. Abdishu III. , Patriarch. Ishu Jahb, the Chaldean Patriarch. Elias III. Abu Halim, Patriarch. Jahb Alaha II. Bar Kaiuma, Patriarch\nCHAPTER XXIX. The Thirteenth Century. Patriarchs and Rulers. Sabrishu IV., Patriarch. Sabrishu V., Patriarch. Makikah II., Patriarch. Genghiz Khan. Christianity Among the Mongols and Tartars. Okatai Khan and His Relatives. War With Persia. Kublai Khan. Mar Denkah, Patriarch. The Siege of Antioch. Gregory Bar Hebraus (Abul Faraj). Jahb Alaha III. , Patriarch. Tokdan Amed Bar Abkhan. Argon Khan Bar Abkhan. Raban Saumah\'s Travels to Rome.Mar Abdishu, Metropolitan of Zoba, Armenia. Persecution of Jahb Alaha, Patriarch, and the Christians at Maragha\nCHAPTER XXX. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Patriarchs and Rulers. Timurlane. Visits to the Patriarch from Christians in India. A Letter to the Patriarch from India. Description of the Condition of the Christians in India\nCHAPTER XXXI. The Sixteenth Century. The Roman Catholics Cause a Persecution Against the Syrian Christians in China and India. Pope Gregory Tried to Induce the Patriarch to Enter the Roman Fold. Su\'tan Husen John Came to Urmia from Kazvin. The Learned Men in Derginei. Alkosh and Telkipie\nCHAPTER XXXII. The Seventeenth-Nineteenth Century. Patriarchs and Regents. Many of the Syrian Christians Who Had Been Forced to Become Roman Catholics Went Back to Their Old Faith. Mar Denkah Shimon Transferred the Patriarchal Residence from the Village of Raban Dadishu to Kudshanes, Where It Has Been for More than 200 Years and Where It is Still. War Between Russia and Persia. The Old Syrian Church With Its Great Traditions Collapsed. The Morning Star Proclaims the Coming Day. Joseph Wolf Came to Urmia. The American Mission of Urmia. Rev. Smith and Rev. Davis Came to Urmia. The Report About the Syrian Church. Perkin\'s Journey to Persia. Mar Johannan, Bishop of Gavilan. Mar Elias, Bishop of Gugtapa. Mar Abraham, the Patriarch\nCHAPTER XXXIII. The American Foreign Mission Among the Syrians of Persia. Syrian Mission. Pastor Jacobs and His Wife, Moressa. Russian Missionaries Among the Syrians of Urmia. Prof. George David Malech. Baptist Mission at Urmia\nCHAPTER XXXIV. The Syrian Church at the Present Time. The Confession of Faith of the Syrian Church and the Fundamental Doctrines of Their Confession. The Confession of Nicea. From the Synod of Mar Akakios, Patriarch, the First Canon. From the Syrian Prayer Book, \"Dakdam o\'Devatar\" in Syriac and English Concerning the Trinity and the Person of Christ. The Right Name of the Syrian People and Church. Explanation of Some Dogmatic Statements of the Patriarch Nestorius and of the Syrian Church, by A. H. Gjevre. Nestorius and the Nestorians. The Conflict Between the Russians and Syrians About Church Property. The Patriarchal Committee in Urmia. The Present Patriarch, Mar Shimon, and the Metropolitan, Mar Knanishu\nCHAPTER XXXV. The Activity of the Lutheran Churches In and Around Urmia. The Emissaries of the Lutheran Churches at Urmia, Persia. The Herrmansburg Friends (Germany). Joure Abraham. Knanishu Moratkhan. The German Orphanage in Persia. The Orphanage for Boys at Gugtapa. Report of the Missionary Work of Rev. N. G. Malech In and Around Urmia. Testimonials Given to Rev. N. G. Malech. General View of the School Work at Delgusha, Sangar, Moshabad, Supurgan and Karagos. Aid from the Norwegian Lutherans in America. The Present Time. The Geography of the Syrian Church. The Persian Christian Benevolent Society of Chicago\nCHAPTER XXXVI. Appendix. Zoroaster, His Religion and His Adherents, the Magi. The Guebres or Fire Worshippers. Iran or Persia. Education in Persia. The City of Urmia. The Present Political Situation. Revolution in Persia. Why the Shah Abdicated. Recommendation of This Book by Learned Men in America and Persia\nWHAT SOME GREAT AND LEARNED MEN IN AMERICA THINK OF THE BOOK