The Oecumenical Councils
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Corpus Christianorum Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta, vol. 5
- Pages:2 vols, xxxvi + 1593 p.
- Size:155 x 245 mm
- Language(s):Syriac, English, Arabic
- Publication Year:2023
- € 980,00 EXCL. VAT RETAIL PRICE
- ISBN: 978-2-503-54505-9
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Review(s)
"Le volume V (…) reprend les textes des synodes généraux des Églises syriennes orthodoxes (vol. V/1) et des Églises orientales de langue syriaque (vol. V/2). Nombre de ces synodes sont récents, et leur publication, accompagnée d’une introduction, ouvre des perspectives sur l’histoire de ces Églises chrétiennes, vivant dans des contextes difficiles aujourd’hui comme hier. (…) Les éditeurs Brepols ont donné à cet ensemble déjà impressionant la présentation qu’il mérite." (P.-M. Bogaert, dans Revue bénédictine, 2024/2, p. 381-382)
BIO
Alberto Melloni is Full Professor of History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Secretary and Director of the Foundation for Religious Studies (Fscire) and Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on Religious Pluralism and Peace at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He was also the Chair for the 2021 Italian Presidency of the IF20 by the G20 Interfaith Forum. Since 2020, he has been one of the European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisors.
Ephrem Aboud Ishac is Principal Investigator of the FWF project: "Identifying Scattered Puzzles of Syriac Liturgy Manuscripts" at the Institute of Medieval Research - Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Among several past fellowships, such as at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library and the Foundation for Religious Studies (Fscire), he was recently a long-term research scholar fellow at Yale University. He is a member of the Society of Oriental Liturgy and a scientific advisor to the Liturgical Committee established by the Holy Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.
Summary
This selection of decisions of the Synods of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches illustrates the richness and vitality of the various Orthodox Churches. The criteria employed are those of historical prominence and present-day relevance. The combination of these two elements considerably reduces the number of decrees which may be chosen, but still allows one to point out individual and unique characteristics of each type of synod.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tome 5.1
SYNODS OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
628 MAR MATTAI (R. Kitchen)
726 MANAVAZGERD (R. Kitchen)
785 KFARNABU (H. Kaufhold)
794 BETH BOTIN (H. Kaufhold)
812/3 ḤARRAN (H. Kaufhold)
817 QALLINIQOS (R. Kitchen)
846 MAR SHILA (R. Kitchen)
878 MAR ZAKKAY (R. Kitchen)
896 MAR SHILA SERUGH (R. Kitchen)
1304 BAR WAHIB / MAR ḤANANYA (E. A. Ishac)
1521 ḤANANYA IV (E. A. Ishac)
1576 MART SHMOUNI / HATTACKH (E. A. Ishac)
1914 THE JOINT COUNCIL / MARDIN (M.-D. J. Kawak & E. A. Ishac)
1930 MAR MATTAI III / MOSUL (R. Kitchen & E. A. Ishac)
1933-1957 ḤOMS I/V (K. Dinno & E. A. Ishac)
1954 ḤOMS IV (G. A. Kiraz & E. A. Ishac)
1998-2002 MOR EPHRAIM / DAMASCUS (R. Kitchen & E. A. Ishac)
Tome 5.2.
SYNODS OF THE CHURCH OF THE EAST
410 ISAAC (M.-J. Pierre & C. Nakano)
419/420 YABALAHA (L. Van Rompay)
424 DADISHOʿ (K. Smith)
486 AQAQ (E. Fiori)
497 BABAI (E. A. Ishac – R. Kitchen – I. Timrs)
540–544 ABA (E. A. Ishac – R. Kitchen – V. Berti)
554 JOSEPH (C. Jullien)
576 ḤAZQIEL (E. A. Ishac – R. Kitchen – I. Timrs)
585 ISHOʿYAHB (R. Kitchen – M.-A. Royel – I. Timrs)
596–598 SABRISHOʿ (F. Jullien)
605 GRIGOR (E. A. Ishac – R. Kitchen – I. Timrs)
612 THE SYNOD OF 612 (E. A. Ishac & R. Kitchen)
676 GEWARGIS I (A. Becker)
678/679 THE LETTER OF GEWARGIS I TO MINA (C.-S. Popa)
775 ḤENANISHOʿ II (V. Berti)
782 TIMOTHEOS I (M. Heimgartner)
1318 TIMOTHEOS II (H. Teule)
1970 ESHAI SHIMUN XXIII (R. Kitchen – M.-A. Royel – I. Timrs)
1978 DINKHA IV (R. Kitchen & I. Timrs)
1999 DINKHA IV (R. Kitchen & E. A. Ishac)
Appendix
484–496 BARṢAWMA (E. A. Ishac & R. Kitchen)
