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In defence of the Ethiopian Religious (Church) history
TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
I. Overview and the historiography of Abyssinia-Ethiopia
II. Primeval-Patriarchal age of Abew
1. From Adam to Tara,
2.From Abrham to Jacob
III. The 81 books of the Holy Bible in Ethiopia, from the Book of Henok to Revelaton
IV.Chrisianity in Ethiopia and The age of the New Testament
3.The first 500 years of the Common Era.
4.From 600 to Reformation
5.From Reformation to the present
V. The ancient Ethio-Egyptian Philosophy and Religion
VI. The Non-Chalcedonian Theology and Doctrine of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Bete-Christian then & today
Introduction to Ethiopian Religious(Church) History
“Ethiopia was the first established Country on earth:
and the Ethiopians were the first who introduced the worship of gods,
and who established laws.” Stephanus of Byzantium
“In ancient time Ethiopia extended over vast domains in both Africa and Asia and
he declares that Classical historians and geographers called the whole region from India to Egypt
by the name of Ethiopia” History of Ethiopia,Vol. I Preface by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge.”
In Church history we are very well introduced to the Greco-Roman sphere, a little bit about the
Persian Sphere, the Chinese sphere and the Indian sphere without the African sphere.
But in ‘Paul and Christianity’ of the first century we have the expansion of Christianity in the
1st century in to three areas of
Jewish-Christians (Acts 5:40, 6:7, 8:1),
Helenistic Jewish-Christians (Acts 6:1, 6:5, 6:51-53) and
Gentile Christians (Act 8:14, 8:26ff) My interest is on the third part of the origin and expansion of the
bible and of Christianity in the first century to Ethiopia Via Philip and the Ethiopian Henok (enoch)
till the present. The North tip of Africa where you find the pyramids today,
Aboriginal Africans or Abeshas(Nonwhites) were living
there from the beginning and cvivilization begun in that area 15,000 years BC.
The 1st City-State of Ab-Abyssinia(in english-Absinia in Ethiopic ) emerged, not at the present day
geographic location of Ethiopia but where Egypt is today arround 6280BC (Jose V. Malcioln, the African
origin of Mondern Judaism p.21).
The Origin of Civilization and one God Religion. This was the world historical context and where
the 1st group of migrants who came to Africa to become Egyptians.
The 2nd migration to Africa was Semitic, and
the 3rd migration was Arebic(Arabic).
Traditional Ethiopian Accounts claim, Gee’z ( The language of the free tribe of Ham)
to have been the single language throughout that world before the confusion of tongues and
Ethio-Ayalew Tamiru p.20-21 supports the contention by
Gen.11:1 ” And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
1King 10:6-7 The report which I heard in my own country about you and your wisdom was true, but
I did not believe until I came and saw for my self (Queen Saba(sheba) of Absinia testing king Solomon of Israel).
Amos 9:7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? Saith the lord.
Nahum 3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,and it was infinite.
Psalm68:31 “ Ethiopia soon shall strech out her hands unto God.”
Acts 8:26-40 ....be hold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of
the Ethiopians who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship.36 …
they came unto certain water: and the eunuch said, 'See here is water,what doth hinder me to be
baptized?' 37 And Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.And he answered and
said 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God.'
This was how Ethiopia accepted Christ and Christianity not like the unauthorized Arian historians
such as Edward Ulendorff. “The Ethiopians’ 3rd edi,Oxford University Press, London 1973 are
writing as if we recieved Christianity from Rome during the time of king Ezana while the Romans
were persecuting Chrisitans until the time of Constantine and their acceptance of Christ, whom they
crucified on the Roman Cross.
For this reason Ethiopians are fighting the new Vernacular bible translation into Ethiopian languages that
disinherits the scriptures from Ethiopians who claim to be the living Ark from the beginning.
Note(NB)! Don’t be confused by the present day geographic location of Ethiopia
after south ward Egypt-Meroe-Axum movement.
“It seems probable , that the first alphabet was Ethiopic, first founded on hieroglyphics,
and afterwards modeled into more current….” James Bruce Vol. I. P. 420-421
To make Moses the beginning and the writer of the bible, the Afro-hamitic phobia of
“Judaeo-Christian” School of thought and heritage disregards 3856 years from Adam to Moses
and views religion-history-civilization without Abyssinia and or Africa.
For the Jews there is only 5 books of the bible,
For Protestant 66 Books ( Our UTS Seminary Graduate Courses in NY were based on this),
For Catholics it is 73 Books,
For the Greek Orthodox 76/77 Books,
For the Absinians(Abyssinian) like me there is 81cannonical books
of the geez and Amaregna Holy Bible. (Amharic Bible DC R053, ISBN 9966 843 64 7)
Briefly the problem and the issue in church history is that, the Ethiopian Religious history and
Church history claims pre Abrhamic and pre-mosaic age of the patriarchs’ heavenly reading and
writing, setteled wisdom-civilization, religion and religious philosophy with out external origin of
civilization or with out seeking outside determinators.
The Afro-Hamitic Phobia of Judeo-Christian School of thought,revision and heritage
disregards 3856 years from Adam to Moses and views Civilization, Religion
Philosophy, History and Politics without Absinia-Ethiopia and or Africa.This is one of
the reason why this topic is of interst to me as an Ethio-Christian writing my own
Church history and its curriculm for undergraduate theological seminaries.
For the above mentioned reasons, Moses was made the beginning of the bible and the
single writer of Genesis when he did not even exist as the tribe of Sem at this stage of
history and also was made one man Semitic Abrham the transmitter of civilization and one God
religion to Africa when it is the other way around(from Africa to Ur)
This is how church history and our educational system and curriculum addressed this issue previously
This has been done intentionaly by arian Euro-centeric scholars who are revising and rewriting
the church history of Ethiopia and Africa while being born very far from home Africa to be the masters
of the subject and the owners of this heavenly religious history; disinheriting the Absinian-Ethiopian and
the Egyptian generations historiographically. It is also for Africans, African descents
(African Americans or born black Americans) not to see our selfs in our own Christian education.
History shows us that civilization, land and people can be stolen. That is how we (Africa-Africans)
lost our African brothers and sisters for Euro-Arabic contact and slavery centuries ago.Religious history
and the books of the bible can be stollen and are being stollen the same way too.
For these reasons, I chose to do research and to write on this topic in academical setting to
learn and teach the true, undistorted and unrevised church history of Absinia-Ethiopia as the
owner of this religious historical heritage. And I thank UTS, NY for giviving the chance and the
social justice we deserve to correct the Euro-centeric revision and distortion of our global religious and
church history as wellas our christian education.
My Topic is ,The Ethiopian Church History And the Ethiopian Religious & Church history begins from
our 1st patriarch, Adam. My research & writing has established the age of the 22 patriarchs one by one
as God reveled himself in the hearts and minds of these chosen people that became the oral law and
continues to the 22nd patriarch, Jacob till the present. This is by including the Ethiopian Henok
(Enoch 1Chronicle 1:1-19) and his book which is the oldest book of the bible that prophesied the
flood(Noh-Noha) as well as the 25 other books of the bible the protestants’ bibles do not accept historically
and cannonicaly for it has no Hebrew origin and it is being claimed to be Ethiopic and African.
A brief background and insight
The semitic tribal history begins with the 20th patriarch of Abrham not with the 1st patriarch of Adam
and their nomadic semitic migration from Ur to one of the civilization centers of the world of Africa with
hieroglyphic writing, one God religion, Creation and the book of Henok. The 70/80 CE Jude vs. 14-15
used it as a reference when there was about 3400 years difference between them.
The key statements of this Ethio-Orthodox Religious Educational Ministry is
that the Ethiopian Church history claims to be:
A.The first City State of Ab( City of God) Absinia or Abyssinia around 6280BC and
the Ethio-hierogliphic writing that developed to be Ethiopic-Ge’ez is much older than
the semitic Hebrew language to be its father .
B.This Ethio-Religious and Church history claims to be the living Ark with a historical
continuity from Minilik the first 982 BC to the present as opposed to the restablished jewish state
of Israel without historical continuity for 1948 years and without Christ-Christianity.
C. 900 years before Christ and about 600 years before the Greek translation of the old
testament, Ethiopia had its own Ethiopic-geez version of the bible.
(Ethio-Orthodox Biblical study book one p 30)
D.Contrary to what is commonly held, accepted and widely spread by Arian Euro-centeric and
Afro-hamitic phobic Ethiopian church history writers that say King Ezana of Ethiopia accepted
Christianity from Europe, my Ethio-Educational ministry here will prove and teach that the
Ethiopian Christian church history began around 34 CE by apostle Philip babtizing the Ethiopian
Henok (Enoch) using the bible as a reference.
Contribution to the Issue , Solution and Scope
Theoreticaly and in content, my research and writing in the academic world can expose students,
scholars and the general public to the true church history and my study and writing goes
way beyond the theory of Judeo-Christianity for the the history of Christianity in Ethiopia by making
the parameters and boundaries the origin and center of civilization, city-states of Ab-the father (City of
God) and all of the 22 patriarchs covering up to the present day of age. This study does not contain
analytical, topical or doctrinal overview of the bible to deal with chapters and verses of the bible since
I am trying to teach and minister the Ethiopian Church history. But the synthetic overview of the 81 books
of the whole bible from the book of Henok to Solomon to revelation and this religious church history of
Ethiopia has been made my subject to be tought with an Ethiopian world outlook, heart and mind
and Ethiopian Orthodox theology and doctrine. Significance
Inviting the World to think out of the box of Judeo-Christianity, this successfully
completed theological graduate research done by me can introduce new concepts and approachs to
examine and present the true authorized historiography of Ethiopia, religious and church history written
in Ethiopian language by Ethiopians and in English language by those who fight against the religious
historical revision and pervertion. I am not only hoping to contribute this to my field of study, it is also
my life time struggle and contribution writing the true religious history of Ethiopia by helping to correct
& unlearn what has been learned from the Judeo Christian historical revision, misrepresentation,
miseducation, the 25 'noncanonical' books and nonChalcedonian separation, as well as continental
exclusion.
This writing is proposing and asking for a socio religious and religious historical synthesis, inclusion and
integration of the undistorted and unchanged Ethiopian church history in to our educational system and
the history of the Christian Church of our Christian World. Otherwise it can be read as a counter thesis
to the Euro-Centric Chruch history written by revisionists.
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