History of the Armenians

...the truly blessed man Agathangelos." And on page 9: "From the accurate and unerring anskhall Meaning "without error" or "infallible," a term used by later historians to emphasize the primary-source authority of Agathangelos. arrangement of the first books, he says, which the blessed Agathangelos appropriately narrated and made known to us."

For Parpetsi to so plainly state and repeat "Accurate and Unerring" regarding him surely points back to the testimony found in the magnificent Preface of Agathangelos himself, on page 15, where it states:

"A command reached me (from King Trdat Tiridates III, the king who established Christianity as the state religion of Armenia in 301 AD.) directed to one Agathangelos, who is from the city of Great Rome... he did not command us to narrate any falsehood regarding his bravery, nor to pursue any fables of fanciful words beyond what is worthy."

Furthermore, on pages 16 and 18: "A command having reached me," he says, "from the great King Trdat, to record by my hand—"