the oikonomos - Tischendorf's inside man

Steven Avery

Administrator
David W. Daniels


p. 326-327

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no publication or other form of echo had resulted, Tischendorf had come to St Catherine’s in the hope that, despite his lack of success in 1853, the sheets might still be hidden in the monastery, and that this time, with the Tsar’s support and gold, the fragments might be brought to light once more.

Now we hit the paydirt:
“Tischendorf’s allusion to ‘private arrangements’ indicates how he may have attained his objective. The key figure in this respect was the young Oikonomos who had greeted him outside the monastery gates. He came from Athens - no name is ever mentioned - and was, according to Tischendorf the spiritual foster son of his friend Kyrillos the librarian."

Could the young Oikonomos be the monk Germanus? Both were part of “private arrangements,” so both were trusted implicitly with confidential plans. A “spiritual foster son" sounds like a way of saying "closer than close follower.” And
a manipulator draws people very close by means of flattery. Could the Oikonomos and Germanus be one and the same?

If this is true, then this is the one person the criminal Kyrillos trusted. Germanus could have told Kyrillos about the true history of the Codex, since he was the person who transported it from Constantius to Callistratus.

He’d be told to keep quiet! I cannot prove it, but it sure makes a lot of sense. And with the enemies that Kyrillos was able to make, it paid to have an “ace in the hole,” a confidential informant, so he could consolidate his power and strike at the right time.

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