'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [‎120] (153/450)

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ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS. [dl. XY1I.
iiutives say, covered over and concealed under heaps
of rubbish.
I afterwards went to Matran Hanna's church,
which is dedicated to Mar Shemaoon Sava, patri
arch of Seleucia in the time of Shapor, who suffered
martyrdom under that prince.
The church is a single room, like that oi Mar
Elias and Rabban Hormuzd, and though very an
cient, offered nothing worthy of a sketch. The only
remarkable object I saw was the ancient burial-
place of the Abdul Jeleels, the family ot the present
Mahometan governor of Mousul, when they were
Chaldeans *.
February 24.—Hajee Jirjees has, at my request,
* The following extracts, relating to the Christians of Assyria,
are from Asseraanni. They were found among Mr. Rich's loose
papers, and are inserted here, in the hope that they may lead those
who are interested in the subject to a very abundant source of in
formation concerning the history of Christianity in the East;—
" The Chaldeans or Assyrians received Christianity in the time of
the twelve apostles—Peter, Thomas (St. Thomas the incredulous,
and the apostle of India), Bartholomew, Matthew, and Judas the
son of James, and Thaddeus, also called Leboeus. Also Thaddeus
of the seventy, and Mark and Ayhseus are called the apostles of
the Syrians and Chaldeans. Adams or Adi n , one of the seventy
disciples, was sent into the East by St. Thomas, one of the twelve,
and was martyred at Edessa under the son of the celebrated
Abgarus, on his return from preaching in Persia, Assyria, and
Babylonia. Mark, a disciple of Adacus, proclaimed the Gospel
in Babylonia, Assyria, and Persia. He fixed his residence at
Ctesiphon and Seleucia, and is called first Bishop of Seleucia; and
Seleucia, in this manner, became the head of the Oriental church.
* Qu. Is Adreus the same as Thaddeus ?