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Menze, Volker-Lorenz, 1974-

Justinian and the making of the Syrian Orthodox Church [electronic resource] / Volker L. Menze. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. - viii, 316 p. - Oxford early Christian studies. . - Oxford early Christian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study examines the sixth-century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity occurred due to the divergent political interests of bishops and emperors and that discrimination and persecution forced the establishment of an independent church.


Electronic reproduction.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Syrian Orthodox Church--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

LC Class. No.: BX173.3

Dewey Class. No.: 281.6309021