እልመስጦአግያ፡ ʾƎlmasṭoʾagya Introduction into the Mysteries Mystagogy ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡኣት፡ Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt Doctrine of Mysteries Doctrina Arcanorum Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft Hamburg

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Work of the literatures of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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A short Gǝʿǝz theological treatise which is a translation from Arabic. In the early Church this kind of text was recited for the baptized faithful after the catechumens had been dismissed. Whilst Jesus Christ, as the central celebrated figure, was described and praised without his name being mentioned directly, the initiated in the mysteries of the Christian faith knew who was intended.

Not to be confused with the text also known as . For the texts in the version than cannot be immediately identified, see .

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እልመስጦአግያ፡ ወይእቲ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መሐሮሙ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለአርዳኢሁ፡ ዘያንብብዋ፡ ምእመናን፡ እምቅድመ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ንጹሕ። ዘቅድመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይሄሉ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ ወዘይመጽእ፡ ዘሐመ፡ ወሞተ፡ ወተቀብረ፡ ወተንሥአ፡ ወተሰብሐ፡ እምኀበ፡ አብ፡ ወፃዕረ፡ ዘሞት፡ ፈትሐ፡
በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወባዕዳንሂ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ከመ፡ ይእቲ፡ እግዚአብሔራዊት፡ ዘሎቱ፡ ክብር፡ ወስብሐት፡ ወእዛዝ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን።