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Armenians. The revelation served to harden the
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Christians should behave. The work also includes information on the hierarchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and of society, and matters of daily life in that era of Cilician Armenian history. It has been translated into English and modern Armenian.
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of the two churches. The statement also specifically required that the emperor should be given the authority to make the appointments of any further
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view, Nerses' poetry emphasizes "the imagery of fire and light in a manner at once redolent of
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598:St. Thomas Cross
486:West Syriac Rite
471:Alexandrian Rite
367:Constantinople I
338:Tewahedo history
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93:Personal details
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2655:Armenian saints
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2467:John of Vorotan
2458:
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2370:Vardan Aygektsi
2297:
2296:X—XIV centuries
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1029:Catholic Church
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833:Fast of Nineveh
828:Ethiopian chant
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564:Coptic Bible
436:Miaphysitism
412:Capharthutha
137:Venerated in
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2640:1102 births
2087:Tork Angegh
1861:23 February
1268:Hisus Vordi
1078:Gregory III
903:WikiProject
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511:Holy Qurobo
382:Ephesus III
128:13 August (
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2610:Sayat-Nova
2273:Sahakdukht
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1346:References
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1191:Catholicos
1120:pilgrimage
1066:Gogh Vasil
1044:Early life
1013:theologian
994:Catholicos
778:Catholicos
673:Frumentius
518:Calendars:
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377:Ephesus II
65:Term ended
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1272:End Times
1227:Eucharist
1124:Jerusalem
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1039:Biography
893:Templates
718:Nerses IV
653:Mar Awgin
628:Mor Addai
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