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Cerulli On My Mind

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  Cerulli On My Mind by Mitiku Adisu I see some folks overdoing tributes to the noted anthropologist Professor Asmarom Legesse (1937—2026 via Addis Standard). These are in danger of presenting him as the "Columbus" of the Oromo people. In other words, the Oromo were already there and had no need for Asmarom’s validation; all Asmarom did was to interpret and systematize his findings to tally with his academic interests and Western research methods and make the data publicly accessible. His attempt need not be consistent with the changing reality of the Oromo either. All the same, it was an attempt, albeit seminal, that in the future could be challenged, even discredited. That is in sync with how we acquire knowledge. It should be noted also that Asmarom had to depend on others to interpret for him as he did not speak Afaan Oromoo. I am not discounting the significance of his work; it is, by all measures, ground-breaking. But the fact that he did not speak the language is not a...
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The "Walmart" Ethiopian Bible

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  "The Ethiopian Bible" OR Hebrew Bible in Ethiopian Language? by Mitiku Adisu A copy of "The Ethiopian Bible: A Treasury of Lost Books and Hidden Scriptures from the Ancient Church - Including The Book of Enoch comprising of 88 printed books" is fetching over $50.00 at Walmart and other outlets. The operative words are of course "treasury" "hidden" "lost" (as now finally found) "complete" and "including the book of Enoch." And to top it all, "books not found in Protestant and Catholic canon preserved in Ethiopia." This is not to say these books are without historical/cultural value, especially to those in academia. The descriptors above are just a marketing ploy to get the attention, particularly, of a North American crowd bored, confused with the path cultural evangelical Christianity has taken in recent years, and in search of a new new experience. Some such person lectured me the other day that Christia...
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ሐዋርያ የሚለውን ስም አንሱልኝ ስለ ጌታ

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  "ሐዋርያ የሚለውን ስም አንሱልኝ ስለ ጌታ" ~ ሐዋርያ ዳንኤል መኰንን "... ሰይጣን የተለያዩ ወጥመዶች ... ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ያዘጋጅላታል በየዘመናቱ ... ሥጋዊነት አንድ ችግር ነው። በሥልጣን፣ በማንነት፣ በእኔነት ... መቸም እግዚአብሔር ይቅር ይበለን፤ ላለፈው ለሠራነው፤ ይቅር ይበለን፤ ግልጽ ሆነን ንስሃ እንግባ። እግዚአብሔር ምህረት ያደርግልናል፤ ይቅርታ ያደርግልናል። [ ሰይጣን ] ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዐይኗን በክርስቶስ ላይ እንዳታደርግ ይከለክላል ... ዛሬ የተጀመረ አይደለም፤ በራእይ ምእራፍ 2 ቊጥር 12 ላይ በጴርጋሞን ቤተ ክርስቲያን የበለዓምን ትምህርት የሚከተሉ ሰዎች ስላሉ በመካከልህ የምነቅፍብህ ነገር አለኝ ቸል ብለሃቸዋል፤ ሌላ ትምህርት ገብቶ፣ ሰው ጌታን እንደማየት ተወናብዷል። ከመስመር ወጥቷል። የትያጥሮን ቤተ ክርስቲያንማ በዚሁ በምእራፍ 2 ቊጥር 18 ጀምሮ የሚናገረው፣ ያቺ ሴት ይላታል፣ ጀዘቤል፣ ነቢይ ነኝ የምትለው፣ ይኸው፣ ነቢይ ናት አይላትም፤ ነቢይ ነኝ የምትለው፤ እኔ ነቢይ አድርጌ አልቀባኋትም ነው የሚለው ጌታ። ልጆቼ ለጣዖት የተሠዋውን እንዲበሉ፣ ችግር የለውም የምትላቸው፣ መንፈሳዊ ምንዝርና ውስጥ የምትከታቸው፤ ያቺን ሴት ቸል ስለምትላት፣ አዝኜብሃለሁ። የእግዚአብሔር ባርያዎች፣ ለአንድ ደቂቃ ከጌታ የተሠጣችሁን ሥልጣን፣ አሳልፋችሁ ለማንም ሰው አትገዙ። ስለዚህ ብዙ ጊዜ ንስሃ እንድትገባ ሰጠኋት። ንስሃ የመግቢያው ሰዓት አሁን ነው። ሪቫይቫል በደጅ ነው ( አሜን ከጉባኤ ) ። ሰብሮ...
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