Assyrian Christians

by Becker, Adam H.

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Assyrian Christians (or Assyrians), as they have been known since the early twentieth century, are Syriac Christians, also known as “Nestorians,” East Syrians, and the Church of the East. They and the “Jacobite” Syrian Orthodox (known also as West Syrians) are the two Syriac ecclesiastical traditions that arose from the schism caused by the Christological disputes of the fifth century. The actual theology of the church is better attested in the writings of Bābay the Great (d. 628) than in the d…

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Assyrian Christians (or Assyrians), as they have been known since the early twentieth century, are Syriac Christians, also known as “Nestorians,” East Syrians, and the Church of the East. They and the “Jacobite” Syrian Orthodox (known also as West Syrians) are the two Syriac ecclesiastical traditions that arose from the schism caused by the Christological disputes of the fifth century. The actual theology of the church is better attested in the writings of Bābay the Great (d. 628) than in the difficult-to-reconstruct ideas of Nestorius (d. c. 451).

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1145

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eng Islam

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Becker, Adam H.

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