Abgar

or Abgarus, is the name or title of 28 princes of Ede a, in Me so pot am i a. ‘The most notable of these princes is the 14th of the name, A contemporary of Jesus, and was said to have written a letter to Jesus and to have received an answer from Him. These letters, translated into Greek. from the Syriac by Eusebius of Cesesarea, were denounced as spurious by Pope Gelasius in 494 and soon lost all credit, The letter: from Abgar contains a request that Jesus should visit him, and heal him of_a certain dispase. In the reply, Jesus is represented as promising to send a disciule to heal him after His ascension. hat purported to be copies of this correspondence came to light in 1900. For other fables in this connection, see Lipsius’ “ Die