Abgar, The Legend of

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• The Legend of Abgar —     The Legend of Abgar     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Legend of Abgar     The historian Eusebius records a tradition (H.E., I, xii), which he himself firmly believes, concerning a correspondence that took place between Our Lord and the local… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abgar V of Edessa — For the other historical kings Abgar of Osroene, see Osroene .Abgar V or Abgarus V of Edessa (4 BC AD 7 and AD 13 50) was a Syriac historical ruler of the kingdom of Osroene, holding his capital at Edessa. (Compare the Syrian region that was… …   Wikipedia

• Abgar legend — ▪ Christian legend       in early Christian times, a popular myth that Jesus had an exchange of letters with King Abgar V Ukkama of Osroene, whose capital was Edessa, a Mesopotamian city on the northern fringe of the Syrian plateau. According to… …   Universalium

• Jude the Apostle — ), though Protestants (for instance, the New International Version translation) usually identify him as Jude son of James .The Gospel of John also once mentions a disciple called Judas not Iscariot (, Jude is omitted, but there is a Thaddeus (or… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas the Apostle — Saint Thomas the Apostle The Incredulity of St Thomas by Caravaggio Apostle Born 1st century AD …   Wikipedia

• Christianity in the 2nd century — Ignatius of Antioch, one of the Apostolic Fathers and the third Bishop of Antioch, was considered a student of John the Apostle. En route to his martyrdom in Rome (c. 108), Ignatius wrote a series of preserved letters which are examples of late… …   Wikipedia

• Aramean-Syriac people — The Aramean Syriac people (Syriac: ar. , IPA all| Sūryōyɛ Orōmōyɛ) are an ethnic group who are widely spread into countries such as Syria, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq and speak a variant of Aramaic. In later times, many of them fled… …   Wikipedia

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Doctrine of Addai — The Doctrine of Addai is a controversial book about Saint Addai. The story of how King Abgar and Jesus had corresponded was first recounted in the 4th century by the church historian Eusebius of Caesarea in his Ecclesiastical History (i.13 and… …   Wikipedia

• East Syrian Rite — The East Syrian Rite is a Christian liturgy, also known as the Assyro Chaldean Rite,[1] Assyrian or Chaldean Rite, and the Persian Rite although it originated in Edessa, Mesopotamia. It was used historically in the Church of the East, and remains …   Wikipedia