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Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in Greece, Russia, Armenia, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. ...
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Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ...
The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ...
In Christianity, an Ecumenical Council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. ...
The ruins of Korsun: the place where the Russian and Ukrainian church was born. ...
For the later Papal Schism in Avignon, see Western Schism. ...
Orthodox Christian culture reached its golden age during the high point of Byzantine Empire and continued to flourish in Russia, after the fall of Constantinople. ...
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Assyrian Church of the East
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The Holy Apostolic Catholic Ancient Assyrian Church of the East under His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV is a Christian church that traces its origins to the See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, said to be founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle as well as Saint Mari and Addai as evidenced in the...
The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus — and reject the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon. ...
Syriac Christianity is a culturally and linguistically distinctive community within Eastern Christianity. ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as: the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles, having maintained unbroken the link between its clergy and the Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. ...
The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous particular Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. ...
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Divine Liturgy
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The Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine tradition of Christian liturgy. ...
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Apophaticism - Filioque clause
Miaphysitism - Monophysitism
Nestorianism - Panentheism
Theosis - Theoria
Phronema - Philokalia
Praxis - Theotokos
Hesychasm (Greek ησυχασμός, from ησυχία, stillness, rest, quiet) is an eremitic tradition of prayer in Eastern Orthodox Christianity practised (Gk: ησυχάζω: keep stillness) by the Hesychast (Gr. ...
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Negative theology - also known as the Via Negativa (Latin for Negative Way) and Apophatic theology - is a theology that attempts to describe God by negation, to speak of God only in terms of what may not be said about God. ...
In Christian theology the filioque clause or filioque controversy (filioque meaning and [from] the son in Latin) is a heavily disputed part of the Nicene Creed, that forms a divisive difference in particular between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. ...
Miaphysitism is the christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. ...
Monophysitism (from the Greek monos meaning one, alone and physis meaning nature) is the christological position that Christ has only one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ has two natures, one divine and one human. ...
Nestorianism is the doctrine that Jesus exists as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, or Logos, rather than as a unified person. ...
Panentheism (from Greek: πάν (‘pan’ ) = all, en = in, and theos = God; all-in-God) is the theological position that God is immanent within the Universe, but also transcends it. ...
In Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic theology, theosis (Greek: , meaning divinization (or deification, or to make divine), is the call to man to become holy and seek union with God, beginning in this life and later consummated in the resurrection. ...
Theoria is contemplation or perception of beauty, esp. ...
Phronema is a Greek term that is used in Eastern Orthodox theology to refer to mindset or outlook; it is the Orthodox mind. ...
The Philokalia (Gk. ...
Praxis is the customary use of knowledge or skills, distinct from theoretical knowledge. ...
Theotokos of Kazan Theotokos (Greek: , translit. ...
This box: view • talk • edit | This article is about the Christian author. For the Athenian ruler, see Aristides. Aristides the Athenian (also Saint Aristides or Marcianus Aristides) was a 2nd century Greek Christian author, believed to have died in approximately the year 134. He is primarily known as the author of the Apology of Aristides. Aristides (530 BC–468 BC) was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed the Just. He was the son of Lysimachus, and a member of a family of moderate fortune. ...
The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...
The Apology of Aristides was written by the early Christian writer Aristides (fl. ...
He and his work were known until the 19th century only through references in the works of Eusebius of Caesarea and Saint Jerome. Eusebius wrote that Aristides and another apologist, Quadratus, delivered their Apologies in person before the Emperor Hadrian. Aristides is said to have remained a philosopher in Athens after his conversion to Christianity. He is also credited with a sermon on Luke 23:43. Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (c. ...
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Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 – July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was apart of Stoicism and Epicureanism. ...
Athens (Greek: Αθήνα - AthÃna) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica periphery of Southern Greece. ...
The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ...
In 1878, the Armenian monks of the Mechitarite convent in Venice published the first two chapters of the Apology, which they had found in a manuscript in their collection. They accompanied the text with a Latin translation. Opinion as to the authenticity of the fragment was disputed, with Ernest Renan particularly vocal in opposition. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Ernest Renan (February 28, 1823–October 12, 1892) was a French philosopher and writer. ...
However in 1889 Rendell Harris found a complete Syriac translation of the Apology at the monastery at St. Catherine's in the Sinai. This not only proved the authenticity of the Armenian manuscript, but also led to the realisation that the Greek had long been extant, as a passage of the 6th century novel, The Life of Barlaam and Josaphat. A further Armenian fragment was discovered in the library at Edschmiazin by F.C.Conybeare in a manuscript of the 11th century. Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ...
Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare (1856-1924) was a British orientalist, Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Professor of Theology at the University of Oxford. ...
In his Apology, he argues that there must be a single God as creator and that Christians apprehend, understand, and practice God's commands better than either the Jews, Greeks, Barbarians, or Pagans. This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...
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