Latin and Orthodox Hierarchical
The Crusades 1098-1204 Latin Hierarchy: The Crusaders aimed for the Holy Sepulchre, so Jerusalem became the most important city in the East for them, and a patriarch became more important than the patriarch of […]
The Church of Antioch during the Abbasid rule
Caliphs and Patriarchs: After the center of government moved from Damascus to Baghdad, the Nestorian “Catholic” became prestigious due to the large number of its followers in Iraq.
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The church in the first quarter of the fifth century
Hierarchy: The remaining texts indicate that the hierarchy of the Church of Antioch included in the first quarter of the fourth century - before the First Ecumenical Council -
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Icon war
717-787 Leo III of Assyria: (717-740) During their ordeal, the Romans gave birth to Leo of Assyria, who inflicted a severe defeat on the Muslims and drove them away from Constantinople. So it was