r/AmharaNationalism

Book overview
The Third Book of Meqabyan is a distinctive work preserved in the Ethiopian Christian biblical tradition. Despite its title, it is not simply a continuation of the First and Second Books of Maccabees. Instead, it presents a theological narrative centered on faithfulness to God, repentance, righteous living, resurrection, judgment, and the hope of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The work repeatedly contrasts the temporary pleasures of this world with the everlasting joy promised to the righteous. It urges the reader to reject idolatry, resist temptation, fast, pray, perform good works, care for the poor, and remain faithful to God.
A central theme is the resurrection of the dead. The book teaches that the dead will rise by God's Word, stand before their Creator, and receive recompense according to their works. For this reason, the reader is repeatedly urged to repent during this present life, before the opportunity for repentance has passed.
This edition presents the work in English from the Amharic biblical tradition, with comparison to the surviving Lyarics English witnesses, preserving the distinctive theological character of this remarkable Ethiopian Christian text.

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#Bale

From what we know of early sources , the historic province of Bale / Bali had long been inhabited by animist ( pagan ) Sidamas from whom a small minority adopted islam closely before or during the rise of the Solomonic empire.

From then on it was governed by Muslim rulers as a sultanate by sultans who were appointed by the Negus . Throughout years of integration to the state , settling of Christian highland military ( Chewa ) and missionary activities , Bali had undergone a significant shift from it's fairly early and minimal Islamic adoption and it's largely animist past into the fierce Christian province actively resisting the Jihads of Ahmed Gragn centuries later.

Remnants of Amhara statecraft though now largely ignored / suppressed including churches and monasteries still remain as proof of its once glorious past . The picture I've shown * pic ( 1 ) * shows a European expedition to Arussi witnessing the rock hewn monastery of *** Abo Washa *** not far from Goba in Bale. The traveler notes the oral history of the locals attributes it to an earlier christian settlement . He indicated that the architecture mimiked the style of Egyptian monasteries and that it was unlikely that influence of Copts could have extended past modern day Sudan which leave room for the obvious hypothesis : Medival Abyssinians / Amharas . Today the monastery celebrates its feasts with ancient traditions practiced since its founding , * pic ( 6 ) & pic ( 7 ) *.

The main reason for this post , beyond the silly assertations and debates, is that I believe we should document and archive our heritages and encourage further research on them as the current political climate puts them at risk of destruction.