THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTIOCH

BY
H.H. MOR IGNATIUS YACOUB III
PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST
THE SUPREME HEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH FOR THE PERIOD 1957-1980.

We are thankful to Prof. Dr. W. Strothmann for extending to us an invitation to attend the Congress of the Academy of Gottingen and deliver a lecture on the history of the Syrian Orthodox Church. We gladly take this excellent opportunity to speak to you about the position of our Church within the general church history, its liturgical language, name, patriarchate, missionary work, ascetic life, educational activities, Biblical heritage, practices, doctrine, as well as its point of view concerning the Nestorian-Chalcedonian controversy, Apostolic succession and finally its present situation.

THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

 ITS POSITION WITHIN THE CHURCH HISTORY

  ITS LITURGICAL LANGUAGE

 ITS NAME : THE "SYRIAN"

 ITS PATRIARCHAL SEE

 ITS MISSIONARY WORKS

 ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ASCETIC LIFE

 ITS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

 ITS BIBLICAL HERITAGE

 ITS PRACTICES

  ITS DOCTRINE CONCERNING THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION

 MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN ITS SCHOLARS

 ITS POSITION CONCERNING NESTORIUS

 ITS POSITION CONCERNING THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON

 OUR CHURCH'S APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

 THE VICTORY OF ITS DOCTRINE

 ITS PRESENT SITUATION (UP TO 1970)

 REFERENCES

Further to the lecture of H.H. MOR IGNATIUS YACOUB III, that forms the major portion of our Web Site, we felt it prudent to publish a brief that would somehow describe the Syrian Orthodox Church’s status from the departure of H.H. MOR IGNATIUS YACOUB III to date.

 THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH’S SITUATION UP TO 2001

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