I intend to have a look at the evidence. The text is apparently based upon a
Syrian (?) version that was translated into Georgian that was finally
converted into Greek. The Greek version has been edited and a translation of
the Georgian version is available too. It is obvious that in these
circumstances one needs to trace the source of the story. My suggestion
would be that it came from the introduction to the Jataka. I may be wrong,
however.

Ole Pind


I thought the same until I asked a knowledgeable Christian priest about it
who said that actually they just took him off the official calendar of feast
days, the Buddha is still a Christian saint.

The calendar was so full that they didn't have any empty days left to give
to new saints and multiple saints on some days. So at the time of the second
vatican council they went through the list taking out some of the saints who
they didn't really have much or any information on about their lives or
their holiness, or who they actually know weren't very holy at all but had
political influence in the vatican.

Bh. Santi





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