Yasna 12: The Confession That Made Religious Identity a Choice
A Reading of the Mazdayasnō Ahmi — the Zoroastrian Confession of Faith — as the Source-Text from Which the Christian Baptismal Renunciation and the Islamic Shahada Both Descend eFireTemple "Fravarānē mazdayasnō zarathushtrish vīdaēvō ahura-tkaēsho — I declare myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, an opponent of the daevas, accepting the doctrine of the Ahuras." — Yasna 12.1, the opening line that…
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A Reading of the Mazdayasnō Ahmi — the Zoroastrian Confession of Faith — as the Source-Text from Which the Christian Baptismal Renunciation and the Islamic Shahada Both Descend eFireTemple "Fravarānē mazdayasnō zarathushtrish vīdaēvō ahura-tkaēsho — I declare myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, an opponent of the daevas, accepting the doctrine of the Ahuras." — Yasna 12.1, the opening line that gives the entire confession its traditional Parsi name: the Fravarānē What This Article Does This article is the second installment in the primary-source series that began with Yasna 30: The Hymn That Started Cosmic Dualism .
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Yasna · Avesta · Bundahishn