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Maronites

The Origins of an Antiochene Church

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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The Maronite Church is one of twenty-two Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope of Rome. Her patriarch is in Lebanon. Forty-three bishops and approximately five million faithful make up her presence throughout the world.The story of Maron, a fifth-century hermit-priest, and the community gathered around him, later called the Maronites, tells another fascinating story of the monastic and missionary movements of the Church. Maron's story takes place in the context of Syrian monasticism, which was a combination of both solitary and communal life, and is a narrative of Christians of the Middle East as they navigated the rough seas of political divisions and ecclesiastical controversies from the fourth to the ninth centuries.Abbot Paul Naaman, a Maronite scholar and former Superior General of the Order of Lebanese Maronite Monks, wisely places the study of the origins of the Maronite Church squarely in the midst of the history of the Church. His book, The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene Church, published during the sixteenth centenary of Maron's death, offers plausible insights into her formation and early development, grounding the Maronite Church in her Catholic, Antiochian, Syriac, and monastic roots.Abbot Paul Naaman is a Maronite scholar and former Superior General of the Order of Lebanese Maronite Monks.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-02-01
Mått140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt255 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCistercian Studies Series
Antal sidor224
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780879072438

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ContentsFOREWORD xiACKNOWLEDGMENTS xivINTRODUCTION xvCHAPTER ONE: THE EVIDENCE OF ABŪ AL-FIDĀ AS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE MONASTERY OF MARON 1External Criticism 2The Text 2Source Criticism 2Critical Classification of the Sources 5Internal Criticism 7The Context 7The Text 7Criticism of Accuracy 9Syria, a Roman Province 14Syria under Islam 15General Conclusion 19CHAPTER TWO: MARON AND MARCIAN: NORTH SYRIAN MONASTICISM IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES 20Northern Syria 22General Surroundings 22Population: Origin and Language 24The Great Communication Routes 26Cyr 28Cyr in History 28Cyr and Christianity 30Apamaea 31Apamaea in History 31Apamaea and Christianity 33Apamenia 35Marcian and His Disciples: The Cenobitic Life in Apamaea in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries according to the Religious History 36The Religious History 36Saint Marcian the Anchorite 38Life 38Literary Works 40Disciples and the Monastic Movement of Apamaea 40Chalcedonian Orthodoxy 42Ascetic Doctrine: Marcian’s Rule (1325D) 47Prudence 48Wisdom 49Maron and His Disciples: The Eremitic Life in the Region of Cyr in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries 51The Anchorites of Cyr 51The Hypethrite Monks 53Saint Maron the Anchorite 53The Disciples of Maron 59Characteristic Traits of the Syrian Anchorites 60Love of Contemplation 61The Practice of Penance 62Total Submission to the Hierarchy 62Conclusion 63CHAPTER THREE: THEODORET OF CYR AND THE PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AFTER THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (431–452) 65Theodoret of Cyr: Life, Monastic Formation, Activities 67Childhood 67Education 69The Monastery of Nikertai, 416(?)–423 70Bishop of Cyr, 423–466(?) 73Activities 73Frequentation of the Solitaries of Cyr 75Theodoret and the Christological Debate from 431 to 451 78The Council of Ephesus 79The Act of Union 79From 438 to the Council of Chalcedon 83The Council of Chalcedon 90The Identity of Views between the Easterners and the Legates 91The Influence of Theodoret in the Elaboration of the Dogmatic Formula of Chalcedon 93The Monks and the Hierarchy during the Christological Crisis 96The Monks and the Hierarchy 96Letters to the Monks of the East 100The Circumstances of Writing the Religious History 102Theodoret and the Monastic Legislation of Chalcedon 105Monasticism and the Church according to Theodoret 105The Legislation of Chalcedon 108The Historical Context 109The Meaning 110The Import 111GENERAL CONCLUSION 116I. First Section: The History of Monasticism in Northern Syria in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries 118II. Second Section: The Doctrinal Divergences and the Political Competition between Syria and Egypt 122III. Third Section: The Role of the Monks in the Doctrinal Struggles between Antioch and Alexandria 125IV. Fourth Section: The Circumstances of the Founding of the Monastery of Saint Maron 128APPENDIX 135Document I: Petition of the Monks of Syria Secunda to Pope Hormisdas (517) 135Document II: Hormisdas, to the Priests, Deacons and Archdeacons of Syria Secunda (518) 138Document III: Copy of the Petition Presented by the Community of the Monks of the Region (of Apamaea) 143Document IV: Supplica dei Chierici e dei Monaci d’Antiochia al Patriarca Giovanni e al Sinodo Radunato Contro Severo 148Document V: The Maronites, Inquisitors of the Catholic Faith in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries 152Introduction 152I. Letter of the Maronites 157II. Response of the Jacobites 159Document VI: The Kings of Roum 173SOURCES 175I. Manuscripts 175II. Printed Books 175BIBLIOGRAPHY 178GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INDEX 188INDEX OF NAMES AND PERSONS 192MAPS 196