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Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church.

This study examines the sixth-century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity occurred due to the divergent political interests of bishops and emperors and that discrimination and persecution forced the esta...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online 2008.
Subjects:
Justinian > I, > Emperor of the East, > 483?-565.
Syrian Orthodox Church > History.
Justinian > I, > Emperor of the East, > 483?-565
Syrian Orthodox Church
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Church history > Primitive and early church
30-600
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Summary:This study examines the sixth-century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity occurred due to the divergent political interests of bishops and emperors and that discrimination and persecution forced the establishment of an independent church.
Physical Description:1 online resource (316)
ISBN:1282268384
9781282268388