What Atse Yohannes IV said About Wollo and Raya
Posted: 15 Feb 2022, 17:52
Yohannes IV about Wollo and Raya Azebo
Modern
Wollo
". . . Through his mercy, if God united us with his love, we are your apostles. Until Gragn came and destroyed it, you know that Wollo was a Christian land. Now you Muslims . . . believe in the name of Christ and get baptized. If you become Christians and do good things, you will govern this world and later inherit the Kingdom of God.
Until Gragn came and destroyed it, you know that Wollo was a Christian land. . . Ahmed Gragn killed and slaughtered the Christian population. He shed the blood of Christian and burnt the churches. Those believers who escaped from death, he caused them to leave their homes and to go to exile to the wildness.”
“While Tigray, Shewa, Gonder and Gojjam remained in the belief of Christ, Wollo stayed in a dark period, in the Mohammedan belief. Let us Christianize Wollo: its leaders and the people”
Raya Azebo
"This land of Azebo was formerly a holy country for a long time, and many churches were erected in it. In churches were many priests and deacons, men and women, old and young. After a long time the Galla prevailed and killed them with blades sparing none for killing a soul is bravery in their view. After the extermination of the children of baptism, they burnt down churches and set up idol temples."
Modern
Wollo
". . . Through his mercy, if God united us with his love, we are your apostles. Until Gragn came and destroyed it, you know that Wollo was a Christian land. Now you Muslims . . . believe in the name of Christ and get baptized. If you become Christians and do good things, you will govern this world and later inherit the Kingdom of God.
Until Gragn came and destroyed it, you know that Wollo was a Christian land. . . Ahmed Gragn killed and slaughtered the Christian population. He shed the blood of Christian and burnt the churches. Those believers who escaped from death, he caused them to leave their homes and to go to exile to the wildness.”
“While Tigray, Shewa, Gonder and Gojjam remained in the belief of Christ, Wollo stayed in a dark period, in the Mohammedan belief. Let us Christianize Wollo: its leaders and the people”
Raya Azebo
"This land of Azebo was formerly a holy country for a long time, and many churches were erected in it. In churches were many priests and deacons, men and women, old and young. After a long time the Galla prevailed and killed them with blades sparing none for killing a soul is bravery in their view. After the extermination of the children of baptism, they burnt down churches and set up idol temples."