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seem to be an expression of the longing desire he had of the Holy City, possibly when he was absent from Jerusalem during one of his many journeys. The order of the two poems has to be inverted to establish a correct sequence of the diverse subjects. Arranged in this way, the two poems describe a
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Although unsuccessful in his mission to condemn Monoenergism, Sophronius was elected patriarch of Jerusalem in 634. Soon after his enthronement he forwarded his noted synodical letter to
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and to the Eastern patriarchs, explaining the orthodox belief in the two natures, human and divine, of Christ, as opposed to Monoenergism, which he viewed as a subtle form of heretical
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complete circuit throughout the most important sanctuaries of Jerusalem at the end of the 6th century, described as the golden age of Christianity in the
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in 637, but not before he had negotiated the recognition of civil and religious liberty for Christians in exchange for tribute - an agreement known as
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for baptising Muslim converts in a period of heightened tensions when an earthquake destroyed an early mosque on the Temple Mount.
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24 March], is shared with Sophronius'). On the death of Moschus in Rome in 619, Sophronius accompanied the body back to
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Duffy, J.M., 2011. The Homilies of Sophronius of Jerusalem: Issues of Prose Rhythm, Manuscript Evidence and Emendation.
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John F. Matthews, "Sophronius, 'the Sophist'", in Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.),
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and his volitional acts. He is also renowned for negotiation of surrender of Jerusalem to the Muslim caliph
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who was the chief protagonist for orthodox teaching in the doctrinal controversy on the essential nature of
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Dying in the Land of Promise: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost to 2000
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D. Woods, 'The 60 Martyrs of Gaza and the Martyrdom of Bishop Sophronius of Jerusalem',
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sermon of 634, Sophronius was more concerned with keeping the clergy in line with the
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The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In.
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in gratitude for an extraordinary cure of his failing vision. He also wrote 23
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Da Capo Press, Philadelphia, PA: 2007. Page 90. Accessed August 8, 2016.
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view of God, giving only the most conventional of warnings of the
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in the year 633 to persuade the respective patriarchs to renounce
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Vested as a bishop, with right hand upheld in blessing, holding a
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Sophronius the Sophist
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