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An Introduction to the History of the Assyrian Church 100-640 A.D

An Introduction to the History of the Assyrian Church 100-640 A.D or The Church of the Sassanid Persian Empire, by W.A. Wigram (London, 1910), in 335 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. Chapters include: The Church under the Arsacids and Sassanids; the episcopate of Papa; Persecutions under Byzantine and Persian rulers; the Councils of Mar Isaac, Yahbalaha and Dadisho; the persecutions of Yazdigerd II; Bar-Suma and Acacius; patriarchates of Babai, Silas, Mar Aba, 552-604; patriarchate of Joseph, Ezekiel, Ishu-Yahr, Sabr-Ishu; the state of the Church in the 6th century; the vacancy in the patriarchate; struggle with Monophysitism 608-628; official Christology of the Assyrian Church; last efforts at reconciliation: Ishu-Yahb and Sahdona. Book digitized by Google and compiled by Robert Bedrosian.

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