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31: 256:, who is from the Father and the Son". There has long been controversy among scholars about the relation between the two texts. The development of the Persian creed is difficult to trace, since there were several recensions prior to 410. The first recension is textually closer to the original Nicene Creed. On the other hand, some scholars claim that the second represents the original text of the Seleucia-Ctesiphon Council, and that the words "who is from the Father and the Son" in the second recension are the earliest example of the 121:
At the suggestion of a bishop from the Roman side of the frontier, a council of bishops was called to organize the Persian Christians as a single Church, with a single bishop in each diocese and with one bishop to act as their head collectively throughout his empire (See
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The 410 council set up six provinces, which became known as the interior provinces, according as other provinces, referred to as exterior provinces, were recognized further afield within the empire and even beyond it.
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sources. The East Syriac recension contains: "And in the Holy Spirit" while the West Syriac recension contains: "And we confess the living and Holy Spirit, the living
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Even though the Council was moved to Ferrara in 1438 and later to Florence, some bishops refused to move and remained in a parallel Council at Basel.
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in 260, and both he and Shapur II deported eastward much of the population of the invaded territories to strengthen the Persian economy.
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and with the Christian minority in his own empire. In 409, he allowed the Christians to worship openly and to have churches.
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had legalized Christianity and with which the Sassanid Empire was repeatedly at war. Persecution had been most severe under
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An introduction to the history of the Assyrian Church, or, The Church of the Sassanid Persian Empire, 100–640 A.D
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From the Oxus River to the Chinese shores: studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia
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The person of Jesus Christ in the writings of Juhanon Gregorius Abu'l Faraj commonly called Bar Ebraya
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Previously, the Persian state persecuted those Christians, fearing that their loyalty lay with the
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continued to be the official religion, and apostasy from it was punishable by death.
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Islam and Christianity: theological themes in comparative perspective
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Yazdegerd I adopted a policy of engagement with the Roman Emperor in
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Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D.
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The synod also declared its adherence to the decisions of the
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T.J. Lamy, "Le concile tenu à Séleucie-Ctésiphon en 410" in
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The council marked a major milestone in the history of the
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In order of precedence, the six interior provinces were:
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Council creating the Christian Church of the East (410)
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Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, under Mar Isaac 410 AD
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Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens
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Index

Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (410)

Council of Seleucia
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Persian
Sassanid Empire
Yazdegerd I
Church of the East
Edict of Milan
Synodicon Orientale
Roman Empire
Constantine the Great
Shapur II
Shapur I
Antioch
Constantinople
Zoroastrianism
Maruthas of Martyropolis
Mar Isaac
ecclesiastical provinces
metropolitan
First Council of Nicea
capital city
Catholicos
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Beth Lapat
Nisibis
Prat de Maishan
Arbela
Kurdistan

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