History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

PREFACE.
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misrepresentations,
the author Father Chamich has created
many opponents among the Armenians, who hav©
severely censured him for his garbled statements. As
the present abridgment is a Mirror of his enlarged history,
a similar spirit of unfairness pervades this volume If I
were to attempt a refutation of all the author's misrepresentations
of the works of our ancient writers, the
size of the present volumes would be increased to double
their size.
Consequently, passing over the tedious length
of these religious disputes, I think it sufficient to bring
the following example, whereby the reader can be able
to judge of the whole.
According to the chronology of the author, Johannes
Oznensis the Philosopher, was raised to the pontifical
chair of Armenia in the year of Christ 718. All the
Armenian and foreign historians agree in sayin^^, that
this pontiff was an inveterate enemy of the council of
Chalcedon, and wrote many things against the Chalccdonians,
several of whom he banished from the country of
Armenia. In consequence of this opposition, Johannes
Oznensis is called a heretic by the Romanists, who, together
with the Armenian Papists anathematize him in
their churches, considering him as
a cause of the division
of the Armenian church from that of Rome. Father
Michael Chamich asserts in his enlarged history, that
Johannes Oznensis had accepted the council of Chalcedon,
contrary to the assertions of the historians who
then flourished in Armenia. In a most laboured and
tedious disquisition of about 100 pages, the author
endeavours to persuade the reader that there must be