Steven Avery
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We want to look closely at the three letters of recommendation mentioned by Lilia.
PBF
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...efore-the-manuscript-movement.3081/post-12987
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...efore-the-manuscript-movement.3081/post-12987
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/symais-in-1849-and-rangavis-response.3128/
CARM
https://forums.carm.org/threads/cod...nthimus-and-constantinople.15019/post-1184036
Footnote 10 Is important, I have it as:
appealing to the authority of the issuing officials:
a) Anthimos, Archbishop of Constantinople,
b) the Greek Consul General of Southern Russia in Odessa Xenophon Pappadatos,
c) Colonel Tzami Karatassos and other Macedonian officers
PBF
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...efore-the-manuscript-movement.3081/post-12987
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...efore-the-manuscript-movement.3081/post-12987
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php?threads/symais-in-1849-and-rangavis-response.3128/
CARM
https://forums.carm.org/threads/cod...nthimus-and-constantinople.15019/post-1184036
Simonides Symais (1849) - (p.32 of book)
"Since even the supposedly 'real' character Simonides - rightly - had early doubts about his accurate biographical information , towards the end of the introduction and in the footnotes he adds three official letters of credence to the already widespread distrust of his person to counteract this, invoking the authority of the issuing officials : a) Anthimos, Archbishop of Constantinople, b) the Greek Consul General of Southern Russia in Odessa Xenophon Pappadatos, c) Colonel Tzami Karatassos and other Macedonian officers. Of course, the enclosed letters contribute nothing to the proof of the originality of the manuscript; they are only intended to prove the credibility of the publisher. Whether the letters are genuine or fake is unimportant here; they are nevertheless probable - and that is exactly what is at stake here, to convince the reader of the authenticity of the subsequent representation of the High School on Symi [10]
Footnote 10 Is important, I have it as:
10 Whether these letters actually existed was not researched as part of this study; however, they are similar to official letters of credence. In any case, the persons mentioned and their offices are not invented.
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