Monophysite Church

Also known as Jacobite Church, Severian Church, Maronites

Religion

A hierarchical Christian church maintaining the doctrine of one nature in Christ, led by Severus, patriarch of Antioch. The church was persecuted under Justinian but revived by James Baradaeus who ordained eighty thousand clergy. The church maintained patriarchs of Antioch residing near Merdin in the monastery of Zapharan, with a maphrian at Mosul. The church had one hundred and fifty archbishops and bishops concentrated near the Euphrates and Tigris. The church was distinguished by excessive fasts (five annual lents) and monastic austerity, with monks worshipped as favorites of the Deity and assuming government positions.

Type: Religion
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 210
Books: 1

History

BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
A hierarchical Christian church maintaining the doctrine of one nature in Christ, led by Severus, patriarch of Antioch. The church was persecuted under Justinian but revived by James Baradaeus who ordained eighty thousand clergy. The church maintained patriarchs of Antioch residing near Merdin in the monastery of Zapharan, with a maphrian at Mosul. The church had one hundred and fifty archbishops and bishops concentrated near the Euphrates and Tigris. The church was distinguished by excessive fasts (five annual lents) and monastic austerity, with monks worshipped as favorites of the Deity and assuming government positions.