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'''Abgar IX of Osroene''', was ruler of [[Osroene]] from [[177 AD]] to [[212 AD]]. By [[201 AD]] or earlier<ref name="vonHarnack">{{cite book |title=The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries |last=von Harnack |first=Adolph |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1905 |publisher=Williams & Norgate |location= |isbn= |pages=293 |quote=there is no doubt that even before 190 A.D. Christianity had spread vigorously within Edessa and its surroundings and that (shortly after 201 or even earlier?) the royal house joined the church}}</ref>, under Abgar IX<ref>{{cite book |title=China in World History |last=Adshead |first=Samuel Adrian Miles |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2000 |publisher=Macmillan |location= |isbn=0312225652 |pages=27 }}</ref>, Osroene became the first Christian state<ref name="cheetham">{{cite book |title=A History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries |last=Cheetham |first=Samuel |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1905 |publisher=Macmillan and Co |location= |isbn= |pages=58 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=All the Apostles of the Bible |last=Lockyer |first=Herbert |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1988 |publisher=Zondervan |location= |isbn=0310280117 |pages=260 }}</ref>. |
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'''Abgar IX of Osroene''', also known as '''Abgar the Great''', was ruler of [[Osroene]] from 177 to 212 CE. |
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Andrew Louth in his "Who's Who in Eusebius" at the end of [[G. A. Williamson]]'s translation of [[Eusebius of Caesarea]]'s Eclesiastical History gives the dates of Abgar's reign as from 179-214. |
Andrew Louth in his "Who's Who in Eusebius" at the end of [[G. A. Williamson]]'s translation of [[Eusebius of Caesarea]]'s Eclesiastical History gives the dates of Abgar's reign as from 179-214. |
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During the reign of Abgar the Great, Christians were favored in the realm of Osroene. It is thought by some that this lead to the story of the letters between [[Abgar|Abgar V]] and [[Jesus Christ|Jesus of Nazareth]]. |
During the reign of Abgar the Great, Christians were favored in the realm of Osroene. It is thought by some that this lead to the story of the letters between [[Abgar|Abgar V]] and [[Jesus Christ|Jesus of Nazareth]]. |
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Revision as of 06:24, 4 March 2008
Abgar IX of Osroene, was ruler of Osroene from 177 AD to 212 AD. By 201 AD or earlier[1], under Abgar IX[2], Osroene became the first Christian state[3][4].
Andrew Louth in his "Who's Who in Eusebius" at the end of G. A. Williamson's translation of Eusebius of Caesarea's Eclesiastical History gives the dates of Abgar's reign as from 179-214.
During the reign of Abgar the Great, Christians were favored in the realm of Osroene. It is thought by some that this lead to the story of the letters between Abgar V and Jesus of Nazareth.
References
- ^ von Harnack, Adolph (1905). The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries. Williams & Norgate. p. 293.
there is no doubt that even before 190 A.D. Christianity had spread vigorously within Edessa and its surroundings and that (shortly after 201 or even earlier?) the royal house joined the church
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Adshead, Samuel Adrian Miles (2000). China in World History. Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 0312225652.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Cheetham, Samuel (1905). A History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries. Macmillan and Co. p. 58.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Lockyer, Herbert (1988). All the Apostles of the Bible. Zondervan. p. 260. ISBN 0310280117.
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