The Faith of the (Ancient) Fathers

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Text 1: ff. 1ra1-25ra,3: “The orthodox faith that the ancient fathers gave us and bequeathed to us, and that the elders bequeathed to our fathers, and the Apostles bequeathed to the elders, and to the Apostles bequeathed (it) Jesus Christ, the bishop of the entire creation.” Text 2: ff. 25ra,4-75vb,end: Another (article of) faith which is the belief in the Son Text 3: ff. 76ra,1-99va,end: The third (article of) faith which is the belief in the Holy Spirit and the holy Church Text 4: ff. 99vb,1-119rb,end; The fourth (article of) faith which is the belief in the baptism and its rules; Text 5: ff. 119va,1-138ra,end: The fifth (article of) faith which is the belief in the resurrection of the dead and the life that will come

In collections

Gunda Gunde Manuscripts

Details

Address

Monastery of Gunda Gunde

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Local Identifier

GG-070

Title

f. Ir: ሃይማኖተ፡ ኣበው፡ (Haymanotä ᾽Abäw) [Note! This is a different text from "The Faith of the Fathers", i.e., the collection of excerpts from several patristic authors]

Contributors

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

Physical Description Note

Number of folios: 4 + 138 + 1; European foliation; Number of quires: 20 (?) (the leather jacket covers the back too); Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 16-17

Topic

Theology

Country

Ethiopia

State/Province

Tigray