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by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Not a question of "winning a debate" with you.
This may be a lose-lose situation.
One hopes, though, there are better readers out there.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

A 1976 certificate claim is not proof of that, no, answered.
Like conflicting claims that I just mentioned.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Do you even read:
"Consider the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Do different monks claim different ownership to portions and times?"
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

No apology for claiming Smith hurt me.
On to the next false claim?
Consider the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Do different monks claim different ownership to portions and times?
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

There is no evidence the book was in Mar Saba before 1958. It does not appear in the books catalogs there--
as has been noted,
repeatedly.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

No, I mentioned Ben C. Smith as one indication why most scholars would not come or stay here.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Obviously one need not have seen the document before 1958 to think it legit. Like, say, you.
You are a faster typist than I am. Do you just hope to wear people down?
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Seraphim, iiuc, was merely claiming the Voss book as Mar Saba properly, finders keepers.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Seraphim, as far as I have read, did not claim to have seen the document before 1958.
by StephenGoranson
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:14 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Replies: 81
Views: 608

Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"

Of course some claims of expertise are bogus. Being an engineer or a content provider or a computer coder or a history "tidier" or self-proclaimed story expert may not count for much when declaring here what's what. Today I tried again explicitly to acknowledge that A. T.'s report ranged f...