The Fatimids and the Church 843-1025 The name and title of the Church: The Egyptian Jacobites reproached Timothy, Patriarch of Alexandria (460-482), for saying what the king said at the Chalcedonian Council (451), so they released […]
The Fatimids and the Church 843-1025 John V: (993-1022) Agapius intervened in politics, as we mentioned previously, and angered the philosophers, and he was forced to abdicate the Antiochian throne.
Phocas's arrival to power: The soldiers rebelled in the fall of the year 602 and crossed the Danube under the command of Phocas, one of their officers, and headed towards the capital of the state.
Directing the armies to the Levant: When Abu Bakr finished dealing with the people of apostasy, he decided to direct the armies to the Levant. So he wrote to
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Patriarch Macedonius: (628-640) The Jews tortured Anastasius II, successor of the two apostles, captured him, tortured him, and dragged him through the streets of Antioch on the run, and he died as a martyr.
Constantine IV: (668-685) Constantine III thought poorly of his brother Theodosius, so he dressed him as a monastic and then ordered him killed. So his conscience aroused him and he became
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The emergence of the Maronite Church: The Persians took control of the dioceses of Antioch, and the Jacobites welcomed their arrival and cooperated with them. The Persian war lasted (609-628), and Heraclius felt important
The misery of the Melkites: The Jacobites took advantage of the wars between the Romans and the Umayyads and assured them of the loyalty of the members of the Universal Church to the religion of the Roman king, calling them “melchists” and accusing them of
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
