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

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PREFACE.
a mistake in
the name of Johannes the Philosopher and
another individual of that name, and that the spirit of
opposition to the Chalcedonians was erroneously attributed
to Johannes the Phj^sopher instead of another
person of the same name. In consequence of this open
falsehood of the author, some of the Armenian nation
who have joined the Roman Catholic church, boldlyopposed
him; and this religious dispute was for some
time carried on with great acrimony on both sides.
From this single example the reader may be able
to judge of the other misrepresentations with which
Father Chamich has garbled the facts relating to religious
points. It is also worthy of remark, that the members
of the Armenian church are not entirely exempt from
censure on account of religious discussions. Several
of these have at different times attacked their Roman
Catholic
brethren, and excited great persecution against
them; yet the main cause of all these mischiefs are
the Roman Catholics themselves. Those Armenians who
have gone over to the church of Rome, are called by the
members of the Armenian church, Arians and Eutychians.
An anathema is periodically pronounced in the Armenian
church against the renegadoes, who do all they can
to ridicule our old national customs, because they are
prejudicial to the tenets of the church of Rome. From
such disputes arise the rancorous passions of hatred
and revenrre, wliich are generally followed by sad consequences
both to those who harbour them and those
against whom they are directed.
IV.— Armenia has produced a multitude of historians.