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George Hammond wrote:
On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:30:34 -0700 (PDT),
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On 2 mei, 18:21, George Hammond wrote:
On Fri, 2 May 2008 06:45:55 -0700 (PDT), Roger Pearse

wrote:

[Hammond]
And finally, Tatian's famous DIATESSARON (c 150 - 160) is
a historically famous Gospel harmony. In it, Tatian,
combined Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into a single
narrative. The historic prominence of this work from 155ad.
alone, is testimony that the 4-Gospel Canon was well known
and widely accepted by mid second century ad.
[Roger Pearse]
Perhaps.
[Hammond]
No perhaps about it! The DIATESSARON was the standard
Gospel text of the Syria Christian Church for 200 years.
It's dating to 155ad is indisputable. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatessaron
where you will find:
=========BLOCK QUOTE==============
The Diatesseron is notable evidence for the authority
already enjoyed by the four gospels by the mid-second
century.
Twenty years after Tatian's harmony, Irenaeus expressly
proclaimed the authoritative character of the four gospels.
The Diatesseron became the standard text of the gospels
in the Syriac-speaking churches down to the fifth century,
when it gave way to the four separate Gospels."
======END BLOCK QUOTE==============

[Peter van Velzen, innocent bystander]
Thanks for mentioning it. I did not know such a work existed!

[Hammond]
I ran across it 20 years ago, I thought Origen wrote it
around 220, but it turns out Tatian a Syrian speaking
Christian monk wrote it in 160. It's quite famous. Tatian
was a pupil of Justin Martyr in Rome. The guy must have been
amazingly bright to figure out that the 4-Gospel form was
"canonical". Diatesseron means "through four" in Greek by
the way.

[Peter van Velzen, innocent bystander]
By the way: this is not a war-zone.
Just give peace a chance :-)

[Hammond]
There is a war going on in the Middle East between Moslem
Jihadists and the U.S. military. The Jihadists claim the
U.S. is the "great Satan". If so, it certainly is a
propaganda blow to Islam that a Christian U.S. Physicst has
discovered and published the world's first and only
scientific proof of God (and allah), and is heroically
defending it against all comers on Usenet.

Why do you not go over there and show them your "proof"?
That should scare them off.

Peter van Velzen
(born 1950)
April 2008
Amstelveen
The Netherlands

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