Dear Otto,
The Peshitta is the official Bible of the Church of the East.
The name Peshitta in Aramaic means "Straight", in other
words, the original and pure New Testament. The Peshitta
is the only authentic and pure text which contains the
books in the New Testament that were written in Aramaic,
the Language of Mshikha (the Messiah) and His Disciples.
In reference to the originality of the Peshitta, the words of
His Holiness Mar Eshai Shimun, Catholicos Patriarch of
the Church of the East, are summarized as follows:
"With reference to....the originality of the Peshitta text, as
the Patriarch and Head of the Holy Apostolic and Catholic
Church of the East, we wish to state, that the Church of the
East received the scriptures from the hands of the blessed
Apostles themselves in the Aramaic original, the language
spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and that the
Peshitta is the text of the Church of the East which has
come down from the Biblical times without any change or
revision."
Mar Eshai Shimun
by Grace, Catholicos Patriarch of the East
April 5, 1957
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regards,
Matthew L. Hedrick
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