Julian of Halicarnassus

Vat. sir. 255

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 2r-37r Severus of Antioch, Letter to Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
  • f. 37r-154v Severus of Antioch, Treatise against Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
  • f. 154v-160r Works of Cyril of Alexandria
  • f. 160r-163r Severus of Antioch, To the Eastern Monks
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Chalcedon in Syriac Perspective

Works Cited

General

Historical background

Doctrinal History

Some Non-Chalcedonian and Modern Ecumenical Approaches

Doctrinal Positions of the Syriac Churches

Non-Chalcedonian:
Reject Chalcedon (451)
Accept Ephesus I & II
Chalcedonian:
Reject Ephesus II (449)
Non-Chalcedonian:
Reject Ephesus I (432) & II
Ambivalent over Chalcedon
  MARONITE  
  MELKITE  
SYRIAN ORTHODOX SYRIAN CATHOLIC  
  SYRO-MALANKARA (India)  
  CHALDEAN CHURCH OF THE EAST
  SYRO-MALABAR (India)  

Syriac translations of technical terms

Shifts in Translation Practice

(A)

  1. ܠܒܫ ܦܓܪܐ (lbesh pagra) “he put on a body”
  2. ܐܬܓܫܡ (’ethgashsham) “he was embodied”
  3. ܐܬܒܣܪ (’ethbassar) “he was enfleshed”

(B)

  1. ܒܪ ܟܝܢܐ (bar kyana) “of the same nature” (lit. “son of the nature”).
  2. ܒܪ ܐܝܬܘܬܐ (bar ’ithutha) “of the same being”
  3. ܫܘܐ ܒܐܝܬܘܬܐ (shawe b-’ithutha) “equal in being”
  4. ܫܘܐ ܒܐܘܣܝܐ (shawe b-’usya) “equal in ousia

Standard Sixth-Century Equivalents

  • Transliterated (or ܐܝܬܘܬܐ=’ithutha, esp. in East Syriac texts)
  • ܟܝܢܐ (kyana) “nature”.
  • ܩܢܘܡܐ (qnoma) “hypostasis, self”, etc.
  • Transliterated ܦܪܨܘܦܐ (parsopa)

NB: to Syrian Orthodox ܟܝܢܐ (kyana) is very close in meaning to ܩܢܘܡܐ (qnoma); but to Church of the East ܟܝܢܐ (kyana) is very close in meaning to ܐܘܣܝܐ ܠܐܝܬܘܬܐ (ousia / ’ithutha), while ܩܢܘܡܐ (qnoma) almost has the sense of “particularity” (Syrian Orthodox ܕܝܠܝܬܐ (dilayta)). For general developments in translation practice see S. P. Brock, Towards a History of Syriac Translation Technique, in Studies in Syriac christianity: history, literature and theology, Aldershot: Variorum, 2001.

Syrian Orthodox

Main Texts

Severus

Philoxenus

Jacob of Serugh

Various Authors

Some Secondary Literature

Church of the East

Main texts

Narsai

Cyrus of Edessa

Babai the Great

Isho‘yahb II

Martyrios/Sahdona

Isho‘yahb III

Synods

Some Secondary Literature

The Aftermath Of Chalcedon: Christology In The Sixth Century

Doctrinal Positions

Non-Chalcedonian:
Alexandrine
Reject Chalcedon (451)
Accept Ephesus I & II
Chalcedonian:
Reject Ephesus II (449)
Non-Chalcedonian:
Antiochene
Reject Ephesus I (431)
Ambivalent on Chalcedon
ORIENTAL ORTHODOX GREEK EAST CHURCH OF THE EAST
(Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian) LATIN WEST  
  EASTERN RITE CATHOLIC  
  Chaldean  
  Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian Catholic  

Some Secondary Literature

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