Document of 1715 - Thessalonike inhabited by Greeks

[Ptolemy]

In 1715 was published in Paris a collection of memorandums by the title “Mouveaux memorires des missions de la Compagnie de Jesus dans le Levant. Those contained accounts of Jesuite missionaries who went to Levant (among them Greece) and most of them took place in 1714.



One of these memos was written by Father Tarillon who visited Konstntinople, Smyrna, Thesalonike, Kavala, Thaso, etc. In reference to Thessalonike he wrote in his memorandum.

“The city of Salonica is one of the greatest and most famous cities of European Turkey. It has an eftapyrgion, meaning a castle with 7 towers, just like Konstantinoupolis. The number of Greeks is significant. There are also Armenian traders. All these Christians are not more than ten thousand souls. Jews are between ten to twelve thousands. They are infamous of being cunning. “



So we have an account of 1715 verifying the Christian population of Thessalonike consisted of Greeks and Armenians.

[Ptolemy]

"The missionary fathers communicated with intimacy and beneficial with Greeks"




"Father [priest] Mathaeus Piperi made incursions to the Greek villages of Mt Olympos and the surrounding of Mt Pelion and Ossa"

[Ptolemy]

This is the best of all!!




TRANSLATION:

"...Its my duty to verify to you about the eagerness of Jesuits, for the sake of, MACEDONIA THIS NOBLE PART OF GREECE, which brings to memory, one so great idea, wont be late to...which St Paul inspired through his sweat and his epistoles to Thessaloniceans and Filippaeans"

[kostas68]

According to the <Maknews Forum>,there are 2 explanations for this:
1)These bad Greek propagandists have invented the time-machine and they turned back in 1714 and bribed this miserable Jesuit.
2)Those <Greeks> were actually <Makedontsite> but they spoke at this time still the Greek language which they adopted,as it's known from the ancient age due to the Greek cultural oppresion.They invented the <Makedonski> language after 10-20 years.If this stupid Jesuit visited Thessaloniki 20 years later,he would find them speaking the right language.
The members of the forum can vote to decide which explanation they prefer to be official announced by the forum.
Every other explanation that disagrees with historical truth,logic and doesn't respects the principles of the science of history can't be accepted.