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'''Pkidha''' was the first [[Christianity|Christian]] [[bishop]] of [[Adiabene]], a kingdom in northern [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Christianity in Asia |last=Moffatt |first=Samuel H. |publisher=Orbit |year=1998 |isbn=1-57075-162-5 |location=Maryknoll, New York |pages=71}}</ref> He held the see from 104 to 114 AD. He was born as a slave of a Zoroastrian master. Tradition says that he saw the missionary Addai from Edessa raise a girl to life and gave his heart to the Lord. |
'''Pkidha''' was the first [[Christianity|Christian]] [[bishop]] of [[Adiabene]], a kingdom in northern [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Christianity in Asia |last=Moffatt |first=Samuel H. |publisher=Orbit |year=1998 |isbn=1-57075-162-5 |location=Maryknoll, New York |pages=71}}</ref> He held the see from 104 to 114 AD. He was born as a slave of a Zoroastrian master. Tradition says that he saw the missionary [[Addai of Edessa|Addai]] from Edessa raise a girl to life and gave his heart to the Lord. |
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Pkidha was the first Christian bishop of Adiabene, a kingdom in northern Mesopotamia.[1] He held the see from 104 to 114 AD. He was born as a slave of a Zoroastrian master. Tradition says that he saw the missionary Addai from Edessa raise a girl to life and gave his heart to the Lord.
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[edit]- ^ Moffatt, Samuel H. (1998). A History of Christianity in Asia. Maryknoll, New York: Orbit. p. 71. ISBN 1-57075-162-5.
Moffet, Samuel. A History of Christianity in Asia. Orbis, 1998.