tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post7073749727344806354..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Coin Confirms Medieval China-East Africa TradeAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-88481056307785453162013-05-21T13:09:47.712-07:002013-05-21T13:09:47.712-07:00The Ainu you call "Turkistan" are the Ai...The Ainu you call "Turkistan" are the Ainu of northwest China. They live in the region of Tian. Tian is also the oldest known name for the Supreme Creator in China. Ti-an means the Most High God of the Ainu.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-70148435876746228962013-05-08T04:43:01.613-07:002013-05-08T04:43:01.613-07:00Yes, Kepha. And we must not overlook the influence...Yes, Kepha. And we must not overlook the influence of ancient Horite and early Vedic tradition on the people of Sharki as both made their way into that region. Sharki is a variant of Sarki, which means ruler-priest in Afro-Asiatic languages. At this point it is difficult it unravel the traditions. Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-30234770001977417722013-05-07T17:52:26.052-07:002013-05-07T17:52:26.052-07:00The Ainu of Sharki Turkistan (Xinjiang to its Chin...The Ainu of Sharki Turkistan (Xinjiang to its Chinese colonizers) learned circumcision the way almost all the other peoples of the area learned it: Islam.<br /><br />Check it out in Ethnologue. The Turkistan Ainu (not to be confused with the Ainu of Hokkaido and Sakhalin) speak a Turkic language akin to Uzbek and modern Uighur, and were long classed as Uighur by the Chinese authorities. <br /><br />Further, just because a people lives within the current borders of China does not mean that they are connected to the Hua-Xia (华夏) culture of the Central Plain (中原).Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-48388169034854809522013-05-02T06:37:07.914-07:002013-05-02T06:37:07.914-07:00Hi Salaam,
Saint Elesbaan is venerated in the Eas...Hi Salaam,<br /><br />Saint Elesbaan is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox church: <br /><br />http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/10/24/103048-blessed-elesbaan-the-king-of-ethiopiaCJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-9150113077781974752013-05-01T17:00:26.154-07:002013-05-01T17:00:26.154-07:00The roots of the Faith are indeed very deep and ve...The roots of the Faith are indeed very deep and very ancient in Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-45616317250895157072013-05-01T11:01:11.206-07:002013-05-01T11:01:11.206-07:00Kaleb was a non-Chalcedonian (today's Ethiopia...Kaleb was a non-Chalcedonian (today's Ethiopian Orthodox). Orthodoxy was into Ethiopia either by the Ethiopian eunuch or St Frumentius in the 4th century, depending on whom you believe.Salaamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-73732875512376445812013-04-30T17:09:14.729-07:002013-04-30T17:09:14.729-07:00Well, there's your answer. Neither the East no...Well, there's your answer. Neither the East nor the West has ever approved of women priests.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-28856562375889848122013-04-30T16:53:50.615-07:002013-04-30T16:53:50.615-07:00Alice,
The examples cited are often Pope Gelasius...Alice,<br /><br />The examples cited are often Pope Gelasius disapproving of women being ordained, Ambrose's conversations with Bishop Atto of Vercelli, and the council of Laodecia, prohibiting female presidents, as examples that women were ordained.<br /><br />SavvyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-65201330479518889152013-04-30T16:01:50.557-07:002013-04-30T16:01:50.557-07:00CJ, I have not read Stuart Munro-Hays' book, b...CJ, I have not read Stuart Munro-Hays' book, but it sounds very interesting. I am not surprised about the Orthodox King. I imagine that Orthodoxy was rather more open to the East than the Roman Church.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-68501868100811271862013-04-30T15:59:10.719-07:002013-04-30T15:59:10.719-07:00Women never were ordained priests. There is not as...Women never were ordained priests. There is not as single example to which one can point of a woman priest in the early church. Some have misconstrued the term "presbytera" to mean female priest while the term refers to the wife of the priest, as it still does in the Orthodox churches.<br /><br />In the Greek Orthodox Church older widowed women were sometimes ordained as deaconesses and served mainly in ministries to women. This practice has largely been abandoned, but is being reconsidered.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-60368341731385923512013-04-30T13:22:51.828-07:002013-04-30T13:22:51.828-07:00Hi Alice,
I have a question about the priesthood....Hi Alice,<br /><br />I have a question about the priesthood. I have heard the view that in the early church women were ordained, but this was not approved for practical reasons, rather than theological. What are your thoughts on this?<br /><br /><br /><br />SavvyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-92198440041194733992013-04-30T10:45:50.993-07:002013-04-30T10:45:50.993-07:00Are you familiar with Stuart Munro-Hays' book ...Are you familiar with Stuart Munro-Hays' book "Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity?" It covers a period before this coin, but it does discuss extensive East African trade with the Far East. Justinian attempted to enlist them to discover the secret of silk making, but they were unable to do so. The trade eventually declined due to Muslim domination of the trade routes. One of the kings from that period, Kaleb/Elasbaan is a Orthodox (i.e. Chalcedonian) saint.CJnoreply@blogger.com