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reinstated later, his move had also inflamed the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople resulting in the Patriarchate being usurped multiple times and leading to a division in the people. When Catholicos Nahabed died in 1705, there was still much confusion and turmoil amongst the people and so the pontificate stayed vacant for more than a year until Alexander of Julfa was called to the throne by general consent in 1706.
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as a result of deep divisions in the Armenian church after he professed submission to the Roman Catholic Church. Nahabed's move had resulted in a rebellion by Bishop Stephen in Etchmiadzin deposing him briefly for 10 months and Stephen declaring himself as catholicos. Although catholicos Nahabed was
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greatly concerned and exasperated with the excessive activism of the Catholic missionaries. In a letter in 1709 to Pope Clement, he compared the tolerant attitude of the Shah of Persia a "non-Christian" as compared to the Catholic missionaries who considered the Armenian Christians as "schismatics
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from 1699 to 1706. In Persia he had been known as a defender of the faith of the Armenian Apostolic Church against the activities of the Catholic missionaries and in 1682 had published his book defending the traditional faiths of the church under the title
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in 1707 at the beginning of his reign, Catholicos Alexander II soon afterwards became in conflict with the
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of the Armenian community in Persia. Prior to his election as Catholicos of All Armenians, he served as
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Rapport sur un voyage archéologique exécuté dans la Géorgie et dans l'Arménie en 1847/1848
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The turmoil had engulfed the Armenian church during the reign of the incumbent Catholicos
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The fire, the star and the cross: Minority religions in medieval and early modern Iran
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The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times
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As a result of his efforts, two decrees were issued by then incumbent
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Although initially Alexander I sent a letter of allegiance to ruling
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on 22 November 1714 and was buried west of the main cathedral.
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Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
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Index

Alexander I of Armenia
New Julfa, Persia
Armenian
Catholicos
Armenian Apostolic Church
New Julfa
Archbishop of New Julfa
Nahabed I
Pope Clement XI
Roman Catholic Church
Safavid
shah
Sultan Husayn
Etchmiadzin


Floor & Herzig 2012
Marie-Félicité Brosset
Iran and the World in the Safavid Age
ISBN
978-1850439301
ISBN
978-0814332214
Nahabed I of Armenia
Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
Asdvadzadur of Armenia
Categories
Catholicoi of Armenia
1714 deaths
People from Isfahan

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