Abrief overview of the historical, dogmatic and liturgical features of the Syrian-Jacobite Church
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https://doi.org/10.51216/2687-072X_2025_1_167-180Keywords:
dialogue of churches, dogmatics, history of the Church, Syrian-Jacobite Church, Monophysitism, Council of Chalcedon.Abstract
The article is devoted to the history, dogma and current situation of the Syrian Jacobite Church, which is one of the Ancient Eastern Pre-Chalcedonian Churches. The name of the Church, which separated from Antioch in the 6 th century, is associated with the name of its founder Jacob Baradaeus (505-578). In the Syrian Jacobite Church, he is revered as a saint. The figure of Baradaeus is associated with the creation of a parallel hierarchy of Monophysites in Syria.
The author, using comparative historical analysis, examines the clash of imperial Hellenistic and national Aramaic traditions in the context of the emergence of Christianity in Syria in the first centuries of our era. This confrontation accelerated the process of schism associated with the adoption of oros at the IV Council of Chalcedon.
Using diachronic and synchronic methods, the article presents a brief overview of the history of Syrian spiritual culture. At a certain point, due to historical events, the era of prosperity was replaced by a period of fragmentation and decline caused by the onslaught of Arab and Tatar-Mongol tribes. As a result of socio-political persecution and disunity of the Syrian Jacobite Christians, many of them were forced to leave their lands and settle in the territories of modern Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.
In conclusion, it can be noted that at present there are no results in the theological dialogue between Orthodoxy and the Syriac Jacobite Church. However, there is interaction between Christians in the face of external trials.
For citation: Sergunin V. A., archpriest Abrief overview of the historical, dogmatic and liturgical features of the Syrian‑ Jacobite Church. // Theological Collection of Tambov Theological Seminary. 2025, no. 1 (30). P. 167–180. (In Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.51216/2687-072X_2025_1_167-180. EDN: EGSZTE
Received 07 September 2024.
Accepted for press 04 February 2026.
Funding: This research did not receive any external funding.
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