medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I've heard a similar report about St. Cyril and the Russian alphabet.
How many other languages were made literate by missionaries?
Dale Hample
Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Today (19. February) is the feast day of:
>
>Mesrop (d. 439) Mesrop the Teacher was Isaac the Great's main colleague in
>developing the Armenian church. He created an alphabet for writing
>Armenian and translated the New Testament and book of Proverbs.
>
>
>
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|