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In the 520's CE a major dispute about Jesus' body erupted throughout the Christian east. The question was whether it was to be considered incorruptible, that is, essentially immune from suffering and decay. The dispute originated between Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarn…

This dissertation historicizes the formation the Syrian Orthodox Church in the first half of the sixth century. The council of Chalcedon in 451 CE divided eastern Christianity. Those who opposed the council separated from the church of the empire after Justin I in 518 CE tried t…

The Syriac chant traditions of the Chaldean and Antiochene rites reached South India at various stages in the history of the St. Thomas Christians. In spite of attempts by the Portuguese missionaries to suppress the Syriac tradition in the sixteenth century, and the voluntary ef…