I'd genuinely be interested to hear more information about this lineage. What denomination are you/your pastor?
He named the monk several times but I was not in a position to write down the information. I'll probe deeper when I see him on Thursday. He claims this is all well documented.
What denomination are you/your pastor?
Catholic. I am Roman Catholic and he is Maronite Catholic. The Maronite Church has its See at Bkerke in Lebanon and is older than the Latin Church. This is the Church of Antioch and it's first Bishop was the Apostle Peter. You can read more about its history here.
Several years ago, a local Catholic college held an open forum and invited a Muslim to explain the Islamic faith to the attendees. My pastor, fluent in 8 languages including Arabic, decided to attend. At the conclusion of the presentation, there was a Q & A session. My pastor raised his hand. He posed a carefully worded question on the Qu'uran's call to persecute infidels. The presenter smiled graciously, read the Sura in English and suggested that he had misunderstood the teaching. With that, my pastor opened the Qu'uran, and read the same Sura in Arabic. He then challenged her in English to explain why Islam insisted in persecuting non-believers. Her face turned several shades of red and she moved on to the next question. Would that I could have been a fly on the wall that night.