Noun
The interval of a fourth.
A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
An electuary compounded of four medicines.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEH 4.29.6 mentions the Diatessaron : "But their original founder, Tatian, formed a certain combination and collection of the gospels, I know not how, to which he gave the title Diatessaron, and which is still in the hands of some. Source: Internet
Diatessaron in Syriac Christianity The Diatessaron was used as the standard Gospel text in the liturgy of at least some sections of the Syrian Church for possibly up to two centuries and was quoted or alluded to by Syrian writers. Source: Internet
He wrote a biblical commentary on the Diatessaron (the single gospel harmony of the early Syriac church), the Syriac original of which was found in 1957. Source: Internet
In the 5th century the Diatessaron was replaced in those Syrian churches that used it by the four original Gospels. Source: Internet
New York: Oxford University Press. 2005, article Peshitta At the same time; in the churches of the Latin west, the Diatessaron circulated as a supplement to the four gospels, especially in Latin translation. Source: Internet
The Diatessaron became adopted as the standard lectionary text of the gospels in some Syriac-speaking churches from the late 2nd to the 5th century, when it gave way to the four separate Gospels, in the Peshitta version. Source: Internet