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History of Modern Christianity in the Holy Land Fr. Hanna Kildani |
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Webmaster Fr. Hanna Kildani. kildani@wanadoo.jo |
This Book I am placing this book in the hands of readers who love knowledge and history. In my endeavors to write this book, I only sought the truth inasmuch as the Lord gave me strength to complete this work. I am not claiming perfection. Perfection belongs to the Lord only. History is the life of man. We are not condemning man because we love him, all the more so because the Lord has taught us to do so. The history of the Church is a significant part of the heritage of mankind. There is a hidden treasure in this history, namely, the love of God, for mankind. "We are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure" (2Co 4: 7). So you will have to distinguish between the jars; history, and the treasure; power of love that comes from God. Read what we wrote to you, not for the purpose of making you escape to the past or to make you preoccupied with its successes and failures, but to carve the present and to build the promising future. History is a march toward tomorrow, not a retreat toward yesterday. "I forgot the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come". (Ph 3:14).
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