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Title: Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Gaidzakian, Ohan, 1837-1914. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, B. H. Aznive
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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At this present day there is not a book like the Biblefrom which the intellectual world has been able to deriveso much good for the real well being and progress of humansociety. There is not a book, and cannot be, that is trans-lated into so many languages and is distributed so exten-sively as the Bible. Our immortal translators felt this greatwant, and they began the first step of the nations enlighten-ment and progress by the translation and study of the HolyScriptures, and this translation is so choice, with variouspraises bestowed upon it by the European scholars of thepresent century, who know the Armenian language, it iscalled the Queen of Versions. But we will be giving a stillgreater praise to our forefathers if we generalize the study ofthe Holy Scriptures among our people and rear the edifice ofeducation upon that solid foundation of the Word of God.* By no means should the reader think that the writer is * History of the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia, pp. 171-121,127-8.
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AN ARMENIAN PRIEST IN CHURCH UNIFORM. AND THE ARMENIANS. I55 partial in not telling something of the superstitions, formal-ism and ignorance still in existence and practice among theArmenians and in their church. It has often been writtenand spoken, even with a great lack both of knowledge andcharity. Had those writers on these subjects of the ArmenianChurch and people remembered that for almost fifteen centu-ries this church has been in constant conflict with Paganism,Zoroastrianism, Mohammedanism, and the evil influences ofthe corrupt Greek and Roman Churches, they would nothave been so severe in their denunciations of that old relic ofthe ancient Christian Church. Often were the bishops and priests in the battlefield withtheir flocks against the enemy of the Church. Often were theyin chains, in imprisonment, in hostage, at the Pagan, Mo-hammedan, and so called Christian courts; often were theycarried away into captivity and massacred by their captors.How could they give more attent

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