<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The School of Nisibis was prominent within the East Syriac tradition. Famous among Eastern Christian alma maters, in this learning center students were educated to become clerics and to propagate a theological identity based upon Theodore of Mopsuestia’s legacy, as well as an Anti-Chalcedonian Christology. Focused on different sources, this essay will explore some perceptions against Chalcedon from East Syriac personalities linked to Nisibis from Late Antiquity to the Middle Age. The question lying at the heart of this essay is the following: how influential was the School of Nisibis for the patristic dissemination of Theodore of Mopsuestia’s theological position, and implicitly for shaping and defining a dogmatic identity against Chalcedon’s dogma and terminology?</p></abstract>

The School of Nisibis was prominent within the East Syriac tradition. Famous among Eastern Christian alma maters, in this learning center students were educated to become clerics and to propagate a theological identity based upon Theodore of Mopsuestia’s legacy, as well as an Anti-Chalcedonian Christology. Focused on different sources, this essay will explore some perceptions against Chalcedon from East Syriac personalities linked to Nisibis from Late Antiquity to the Middle Age. The question lying at the heart of this essay is the following: how influential was the School of Nisibis for the patristic dissemination of Theodore of Mopsuestia’s theological position, and implicitly for shaping and defining a dogmatic identity against Chalcedon’s dogma and terminology?

East Syriac Theological Instruction and Anti-Chalcedonian Identity in Nisibis in Late Antiquity

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The School of Nisibis was prominent within the East Syriac tradition. Famous among Eastern Christian alma maters, in this learning center students were...

East Syriac Theological Instruction and Anti-Chalcedonian Identity in Nisibis in Late Antiquity

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 424 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0030

Keywords
School of Nisibis, canons, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Chalcedon

© 2019 Cătălin-Ștefan Popa, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

East Syriac Theological Instruction and Anti-Chalcedonian Identity in Nisibis in Late Antiquity

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 424 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0030

KeywordsSchool of Nisibis, canons, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Chalcedon

© 2019 Cătălin-Ștefan Popa, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
School of Nisibis, canons, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Chalcedon