Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church

by Menze, Volker L.

• ISBN13: 9780199534876
• ISBN10: 019953487X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This study historicizes the formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the sixth century separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity took place because of divergent political and ecclesiastical interests of bishops and emperors. Roman emperors proved to be unable to hold the papacy in the West, the later Greek Orthodox and the Syrian Christians in the East together in one belief. The result was (religious) violence, discrimination and persecution of the Syrian Christians which forced them to establish an independent church.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The Schism of the Non-Chalcedonians	p. 12
The Libellus of Hormisdas: a Remodelling of the Past	p. 58
Monks and Monasteries	p. 106
Towards a Church: Sacraments, Canons, Liturgy, and Priests	p. 145
Syrian Orthodox Commemoration of the Past	p. 194
Conclusion: Justinian, the Syrian Orthodox 536-553, and Subsequent Perceptions of the Sixth-Century Schism	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 307
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