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hvd.32044013544036	Fletcher, J. P.	Notes from Nineveh : and travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria and Syria by J.P. Fletcher 	1850		.txt	text/plain	142249	7258	70	mission of inquiry into the present state of religion and literature among the ancient Christian churches of the East. simple church, brought to my mind the recollection of primitive times, when the early believers hid themselves and practiced their sacred rites in the caves and dens of the earth, possessed great influence over the Jacobite Syrians of Diarbekir ; the more so, perhaps, because no bishop was appointed to it, it having been considered from early times as of the second century, we find the Christian religion pervading the regions of ancient Assyria, and possessing a considerable number of adherents even in Persia itself. Before a portion of the Nestorian community placed themselves under a patriarch, nominated by the Pope, and arrogated to their new sect the distinctive title of the Chaldean The day after, the Christian left for his native city, bearing with him a large sum lent him by the munificent Suleiman, who proved ever afterwards his sure and stanch friend.	./cache/hvd.32044013544036.pdf	./txt/hvd.32044013544036.txt