Afrahat "List synodalny" (Demonstratio XIV. Exhortatoria. Patrologia Syriaca I,573-726)
Aphrahat, Synodal Letter, (Demonstratio XIV. Exhortatoria. Patrologia Syriaca I, 573-726)
Author(s): Andrzej UciechaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Księgarnia Świętego Jacka
Keywords: Aphrahat; syrian language; persecution; Shapur II
Summary/Abstract: Aphrahat’s “Synodal Letter’, or his fourteenth “Demonstration”, is an official letter addressed to the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. Aphrahat describes the period of persecution which affected Christians in Persia under the rule of Shapur II. The Persian Church was shaken by arguments and struggles for power, Church leaders abused their position collaborating with state officials. The conduct of the clergy scandalized believers.
Journal: Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne
- Issue Year: 46/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 18-51
- Page Count: 33
- Language: Polish