CONTENTS
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THE STATE OF THE CHURCH IN THE SIXTH CENTURY
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The melet status—Church difficulties from use of Pagan patronage—Internal quarrels—Risk of worldly bishops—Social status of Christians—Monks and monasteries—Mar Augin—Rules of Abraham of Kashkar—Eastern and Western monasticism compared—The Msaliani—Assyrian Church schools—Nisibis and its course—Other schools—Monophysitism—A small minority, increased by arrival of "captivities"—Their undefined position—Khenana and his doctrines—Loss of a possible peacemaker |
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THE VACANCY IN THE PATRIARCHATE—STRUGGLE WITH MONOPHYSITISM, 608–628
Election of Gregory—Anger of Chosroes—Oppressiveness of Gregory—His death—Leave for choice of successor refused—Gabriel of Singar—Stop-gap arrangements—Chosroes' Roman war—His successes, 612—Renewed application for leave to elect a patriarch—The public disputation with monophysites—Its importance in the theological history of the Church—Further disputing—Martyrdom of Giwergis—Continuance of Roman war—Death of Chosroes II—Election of a patriarch—Recognition of Jacobites as a separate melet |
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OFFICIAL CHRISTOLOGY OF THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH
Points to determine: (a) Date of acceptance of present formula—(b) The sense that it was intended to bear—Theology of Afraat—His creed—Acceptance of Nicene Creed, 410—Confession of Acacius—Doctrine of Narses and his position—Confessions of Joseph, Ezekiel, Ishu-yahb, Sabr-Ishu, Gregory—Assembly of bishops, 612—Acceptance of present formula—Terms of present formula—"Kiana"—"Parsopa"—Its use in New Testament—Its regular use as "per- |
