Things seen in Palestine . hristian faith which a common interesthas assembled at this centre of a commonhope. i«3 Things Seen in Palestine The Eastern Churches are, of course,greatly in the majority; their differencesare largely local, the creed—and to a greatextent the rites—being the same. TheSyrian Church, perhaps the oldest of all,and still using Aramaic as their rituallanguage—akin to that spoken by our LordHimself—is to be found mainly in thenorth, though a small body, with theirown bishop, remains in Jerusalem. TheCopts is from Egypt, the Abyssinians andArmenians have their own Churche
Things seen in Palestine . hristian faith which a common interesthas assembled at this centre of a commonhope. i«3 Things Seen in Palestine The Eastern Churches are, of course,greatly in the majority; their differencesare largely local, the creed—and to a greatextent the rites—being the same. TheSyrian Church, perhaps the oldest of all,and still using Aramaic as their rituallanguage—akin to that spoken by our LordHimself—is to be found mainly in thenorth, though a small body, with theirown bishop, remains in Jerusalem. TheCopts is from Egypt, the Abyssinians andArmenians have their own Churches inJerusalem. These are all varieties of what is knownas the Orthodox Church, said to numbersome hundred millions, mainly in EastEurope and Palestine, who hold fast to the(Ecumenical Councils, together with somesix millions more, who reject them in oneor more particulars. The main body ofthis Church is known to us as the Greek,in distinction from the Latin Church, or, aswe commonly call them, Roman Catholics. 184. w Pia*?= o H a M Pi H H Pi Pio The Religious Life Of these there is also a large number in theHoly Land, mainly in the towns; andthere is, moreover, a considerable number ofwhat are called Uniats —members of theold Oriental Churches who are in allegianceto the Pope while preserving many pointsof their old faith, such as the use of theirvernacular, Communion in both kinds, andmarriage of the secular clergy. Those who are officially called Pro-testant are mainly Lutherans, includinga large body of Germans known as Templars, as well as the adherents of theMoravian Mission. The Anglicans are notnumerous; they include some Jews known as Hebrew Christians and a few who havebeen taken over from the older ChristianChurches. To convert a Moslem is practi-cally an impossibility, though one is gladto believe that the native population hasbenefited in many ways, moral andmaterial, by the immense number ofHospitals, Schools, and other institutions 187 Things Seen in Pa
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