Description
This collection consists of translations of the first printed form of the churchs teachings and practices – the original protoscriptures dictated by the Nazarite founder Isaiah Shembe and his successor JG Shembe, as assembled and issued for catechetical purposes by the Church archivist, Petros Musawenkosi Dlomo. Included are excerpts from Dlomos biographical portrait of the founder drawn from oral and written sources. Table of contents: Part I – The Grave Book of Isaiah Shembe (Counsels, Prayers, Parables, Letters, Marriage) Part II – The Revived Law of Johannes Galilee Shembe (Maidens and Marriage, Funerary, Reminder of the Statute, Catechism of the Nazarites, Baptismal Catechism, Catechism of Holy Communion) Chapter excerpts from the biographical Book of the Birth of the Prophet Shembe 7 appendices (including apocryphal protoscriptures), and facsimile pages from the original Zulu text.
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