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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 19:31:11+00:00

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David Benjamin Keldani - A bishop converts to Islam?
>> Subject: Does the Bible say God is "THREE"?  Can you prove it?
>> David Benjamin Keldani (later known as Abdul-Ahad Dawood).
> inaccuracies in these claims, particularly with respect to Keldani?
famous among Catholics either before or after he left the Church.
about Keldani on his own.
non-Muslims.  None of them made any mention of anyone like "Fr.
biographical dictionaries, but found nothing there either.
couple of autobiographical comments in the text of the book.
obviously rather old, the libraries I had access to had none of them.
unfortunately there is no autobiographical sketch of him.
>     BIOGRAPHY OF BIOGRAPHY OF PROFESSOR DAVID BENJAMIN KELDANI, B.D.
former bishop: "Prof. 'Abdu 'L-Ahad Dawud (Former Bishop of Uramiah)".
is on the title page.
munion" which they call the "Institution of the Eucharist,(1)"
these do not believe in the Trinity and in the "Lord's Supper."
would be strengthened by noting that.
probably more familiar with Protestant English terminology.
quite pejorative by Eastern Rite Catholics such as Chaldean Catholics.
affirm the dignity of the Orthodox churches.
written from different points of view.
identified as Digala, not far from Urmiah.
of England (the Anglican Church), and is, obviously, not a Catholic.
Much information on this mission can be found in "Christians in Persia,"
obvious question is, was Keldani an Anglican at the time?
Nestorian layman, possibly one on the verge of priestly ordination.
cardinal on January 9, 1893, to replace Cardinal Manning.
was not because Keldani was important to a "Cardinal" at the Vatican.
study by Vaughan, who would have been his direct boss.
necessary to explain the curious three-year gap.
Propaganda -- e. g. the Bohemian College.
Urmiah -- Nestorians, Protestants, Anglicans, and possibly Orthodox.
than average for a missionary.
Catholic universities or seminaries outside of Rome.
that this is just five years before he leaves the Church.
is discussing them in the order they became active in Urmiah.
married if not their own relatives?).
of any papers or publications by Keldani during his three years in Rome.
Catholic Church would certainly not be.
and at the hour of our death.  Amen.
>     Syriac called Qala-La-Shara, i.e. "The Voice of Truth."
completely caught off guard by the questions raised by another religion.
opportunities to learn it in Urmiah must have been slight.
French) to members of the Congregation of the Mission, founded by St.
is published by the American Bible Society (New York 1893 ) .
An Shad-wath Poushaqa dmin lishani qdimaqi. Matha 'ta d'dasta.
the New Covenant (Testament), with the concordance or witnesses.
he seems to prefer the Authorized Version (i.e., the "King James"
>     of the Eucharistic Congress, called "Le Pellerin" of that year.
the time Salmas was apparently headed by a bishop, not an archbishop.
no reason to suppose that Keldani was a key speaker at the congress.
bishop in charge of some other priests, and is a synonym for "Dean".
But the archpriest is still, in terms of order, no more than a priest.
is no way for one to gradually cross the line from one order to another.
"Russian priests" is imminent, is only Urmiah.
was therefore probably directed toward the Nestorians.
context the year should clearly be 1898.
schools for non-Catholics, presumably mostly Nestorians.
have done neither, and chosen an entirely secular subject.
argument that Islam has always existed.
In fact the consensus of scholars at present is that the "Thomas"
did not found those communities.
>     depend upon the foreign missions, etc.
crimes of the few missions that gave out money too freely.
ten years after this episode, as he died in Urmiah on 11 February, 1910.
the growth of the Church in organization and in numbers.
of Syria (Beirut); in Africa, that of Egypt and Arabia (Alexandria).
Church that the two bishops mentioned, of Urmiah and Salmas, headed.
Lazarists and evangelize the non-Catholic Nestorians.
>     expelled from their native lands.
during this period, and never mentions what religion they belonged to.
Catholics are 316,396.  Clearly extinction is not what it used to be.
>     spurious and corrupted Scriptures, the true Religion of God?
Masses, which would, at least on Sundays, include sermons.
although from the Aramaic only the Greek translations survive.
campaign to vilify their work.
any reason for his leaving the priesthood.
>     the Crown Prince Muhammad 'Ali Mirza as teacher and translator.
yet after three years of this he goes and becomes ... a Unitarian!
in a chartered Russian steamer, landing near Astarabad on 17 July 1911.
That town quickly surrendered to him. ..."
>     educational and enlightening work among his country people.
>     of Islam, meaning submission to God.
"Sheikhu 'I-Islam Jemalu 'd-Din Effendi" -- This is Jamal al-Din (T.
those years back in Urmiah.
study of Christianity and the Bible.  How many bishops should we expect?
The number of bishops and archbishops in the world today is about 4,000.
_worldwide_ in any given _century_ might be 800 x 6 = 4,800.
lived in the world would be 4,800 x 13.5 = 64,800.
could actually obtain such exotic information.
bishops, a conveniently round number.
able to accumulate to reduce us to silence?
on them.  Clearly the man was never a bishop.
 'Urmiah', Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), v. 15, p. 225.
'Urmya', Lexikon fur Theologie und Kirche (1965), v. 10, col. 565.
'Rizaiyeh', New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967), v. 12, p. 528.
'Salmas', Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), v. 13, p. 402.
Editrice Vaticana, 1996.  pp. 741-42, 1154.
Messaggero di S. Antonia, 1979.  pp. 493, 576.
Roman Catholics and Protestants".  London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973.
 'Vaughan, Herbert', Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), v. 15, pp. 311-15.
the Americans. ..."  Waterfield, p. 129.
 'Periodical', Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), v. 11, p. 675.
p. 225; 'Rizaiyeh', New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967), v. 12, p. 528.
 Ritzler and Sefrin, p. 493.
 'Pelerin (Le)', in "Catholicisme: Hier, Aujourd'hui, Demain".
Fasc. 48 (1986), col. 1102-1103.
'Urmiah', Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), vol. 15, p. 225.
edition available) and "Annuario Pontificio, 1996".
 Ritzler and Sefrin, p. 453, Waterfield, p. 82.
principally from the "Annuario Pontificio, 1996".
vol. 7 (1993), pp. 431-32.
fifth ed.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980, p. 897.
(New Edition), vol. 2 (1991), p. 420.
 "1997 Catholic Almanac", p. 368.
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