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The Turco-Mongol Invasions and the Lords of Armenia in the 13 ...

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were possessed by devils <strong>and</strong> were sick became<br />

Sealed, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> our Lord Jesus Christ<br />

was glorified. 1,<br />

To my knowledge, <strong>the</strong> implications <strong>of</strong> certa<strong>in</strong><br />

statements <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> sources concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> tax status <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>n churches have not been thoroughly understood.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Step'annos Orbelean, prior to Smbat Orbelean's<br />

visit to <strong>the</strong> Far East <strong>in</strong>. 1252/93, <strong>the</strong> churches <strong>of</strong> Orbslean<br />

Siwnik' were be<strong>in</strong>g taxed "bitterly"2. In M8nge-£han's<br />

285<br />

KG pp. 311-12: "Ew Yo 'ay ert'eal at nH<br />

I'at'ar<strong>in</strong>, orum anun er Aaagurak-nuln. orov lHaw<br />

Twr yawuran amaraynoy hup er i gerezman aurb arak eloyn<br />

T'adeosit ew nora hramanaw erbeal gekeiec <strong>in</strong> ew nawakatia<br />

Icatareal ITneac ' zvansn ew toloveac ± na kronawora bazuma.<br />

Ew ayr I 'at 'ar <strong>and</strong>arjakeac' zCanaparas yamenayn kotaanc *<br />

iztakanac g _.nd. me3 zorac' ' nora. oatuer er hri hramani<br />

sa eamb* mi aok* zzuel ew netel. or kamlc'^n '<br />

sirov xonarher at noaa. "Ew bazumk'* i<br />

noc unc* gay<strong>in</strong>i<br />

ew mkrte<strong>in</strong> zueters ew zdustera iwreanc *. ._<br />

ew bazum aysaha lark"' ew hiw<strong>and</strong>k" bzlke<strong>in</strong>. ew TO B arawor l<strong>in</strong>er l<strong>in</strong><<br />

anun tearn mero risuai K'riBtosi".<br />

SO p. 154.

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