three synods convened between 264 and 269 in the matter of Paul of Samosata, more than thirty councils were held in Antioch in ancient times. Most of these...
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His hierarchy served the largest number of Christians in the known world at that time. The synods of Antioch met at a basilica named for Julian the Martyr...
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province of the Congo, known appropriately as provincial synods. The CCC regroups 62 Protestant denominations. Synods of Antioch, 264–269 Synods of Carthage...
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opposed by those faithful to the memory of the staunchly pro-Nicene Eustathius of Antioch, whom the synod of Melitene deposed for his Homoousianism, which...
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presides over the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church, which is its highest authority. The current Patriarch of Antioch is Ignatius Aphrem II, who...
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The Patriarch of Antioch was the head of the Church of Antioch. According to tradition, the bishopric of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the...
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Joseph Al-Zehlaoui (category Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitans of All North America)
chancery belonging to the archdiocese, he was defrocked by the Holy Synod of Antioch. Joseph G. Al-Zehlaoui or Joseph Zehlaoui (in Arabic جوزيف زحلاوي)...
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Arianism (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
teaching, including the term homoousios, had been condemned by the Synods of Antioch in 269. Hence, after Constantine's death in 337, open dispute resumed...
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of his leisure moments. In 269, seventy bishops, priests and deacons assembled at Antioch as a Pre-Ecumenical synod or council called the Synods of Antioch:...
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Syriac Orthodox Church (redirect from Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch)
Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch. While...
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The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (Greek: Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the...
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Saint Nonnus (redirect from Nonnus of Heliopolis)
Syria and was responsible for the conversion of St Pelagia the harlot during one of the Synods of Antioch. His feast day is observed on November 10. The...
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Eustathius of Antioch, sometimes surnamed the Great, was a Christian bishop and archbishop of Antioch in the 4th century. His feast day in the Eastern...
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pre-legalization of Christianity councils or synods (for examples see Synods of Antioch between 264–269AD and Synod of Elvira). As such, they constitute a permanent...
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Saba Esber (category Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch)
was elected by the Holy Synod of Antioch to be the Metropolitan of Bosra and Hauran. His episcopacy has been in the midst of extremely difficult circumstances...
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Pan-Orthodox Council (redirect from Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church)
in Crete were not binding for the Patriarchate of Antioch; the Church of Antioch recognized the Synod as "a preliminary gathering on the way to a Pan-Orthodox...
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Simony (section Church of England)
the Synod of Antioch (341), and the Councils of Serdica (343–344), Chalcedon, and Orléans (533), etc.: 62, 66, 121 The purchase or sale of ecclesiastical...
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Maronite Church (redirect from Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch)
Constantinople synods of 536 and 553. An outbreak of civil war during the reign of Emperor Phocas brought forth riots in the cities of Syria and Palestine...
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Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch is the highest authority of the Church of Antioch. It is chaired by the Patriarch of Antioch with...
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office. He was present at the synod of Antioch in 341. His extant works include a Commentary on the Psalms made up of 31 sermons , a letter to Eusebius...
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Quinisext Council (redirect from Trullan synod)
Canons, the Synod of Ancyra the Synod of Neocaesarea, the Synod of Gangra, the Synod of Antioch in 341, the Council of Serdica, the Synod of Laodicea, Councils...
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Ousia (category Philosophy of Aristotle)
as one genus of ousia, while being three, distinct species of hypostasis: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Synods of Antioch condemned the...
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Severus the Great of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza or the Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ...
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İskenderun (redirect from Postage stamps and postal history of Alexandretta)
part in the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and in a synod at Antioch in 341. Philomusus participated in the First Council of Constantinople in 381. Baranes...
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Saint Ephraim of Antioch (Greek: Άγιος Εφραίμ ο Αντιοχείας), also known as Saint Ephraim of Amida (Greek: Άγιος Εφραίμ o Ἀμίδιος, Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܐܡܕܝܐ)...
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Adoptionism (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
century and was rejected by the Synods of Antioch and the First Council of Nicaea, which defined the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and identified the...
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First Synod of Antioch (325) The original Nicene Creed, first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. The Second Dedication of Antioch (341) The...
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the degree of individual guilt. These decisions were confirmed by a synod of Rome in the autumn of the same year. Other Carthaginian synods concerning...
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Jovian (emperor) (category Burials at the Church of the Holy Apostles)
Antioch. Upon his arrival in the city, Jovian received a letter from the Synod of Antioch, imploring for Meletius' restoration as bishop. By September 363, Jovian...
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Trinity (redirect from Doctrine of the Trinity)
ordinary man, born of Joseph and Mary, who became the Christ and Son of God at his baptism. In 269, the Synods of Antioch condemned Paul of Samosata for his...
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