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Pure Language

 

 

 

What a wondrous gift Russia was given in that old Inspired language of the Church. They were given something very rare, an opportunity to learn from as pure a source as there ever was, the pure Church language given specifically to them by God. The validity of this language is unquestionable. Now the world has almost lost this most unique and beautiful expression of the Faith. Nikon changed the spelling of Jesus putting into oblivion the good memory of the proper spelling. The pure old Slavonic word for Jesus is very close to the ancient Arabic “issa” so there is precedence for the old Russian practice. In the Eastern Syriac language the name is spelled similarly to the pure old Slavonic as “ishou”, and it is not wise to overlook any of these. I do believe that the apostles and even the Lord Himself spoke like this. It is only false fear that would cause anyone to change the good established way.

 

The Old Slavonic langauge is most like the Old Greek lanaguage. It is misleading to say that Old Slavonic is based upon the language of native Rus. The Greeks used the native language to the extent, in their expertise, that it was possible. The native language that the people of Rus used was no doubt connected to those inspired languages which God gave the human race at Babel. In any event the native langauge of Rus is no comparision to the English language which is a tradition of men made by witches and a confused mixture of expressions.

 

 

The one known as Theophan the Recluse of the Nikonites was chastised by his bishops for attempting to translate their impostor liturgical language into the Latinized modern Russian langauge, so even heretics should know something about what is right here.

 

“Everyone is aware of Nikon’s substitution of Iisus for the pure word Isus (Jesus) and of Nikolai for Nikola (Nicholas).” “in the shadow of Antichrist” David Scheffel, page 139.

 

The photo below is a page from antiquity, from a Old Slavonic handwritten Gospel where in line 12 we can see the word that looks something like “ICE”. This is the correct way that strict Old Believers write the name of Jesus.

 

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