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The Early Bishops of Edessa: Early Eastern Christianity

By F. Crawford Burkitt

Book information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781463217242
DOI
10.31826/9781463217242
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2583425 bytes)
Pages
48\43
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 22:51:40

Description

Originally delivered as one of the St. Margaret’s Lectures for 1904, the contents of this booklet are focused on aspects of the Syriac-speaking Church. Extracted from Burkitt’s book Early Eastern Christianity, the first lecture concerns the early bishops of Edessa. Starting from the basic difference between Eastern and Western Christian outlooks, Burkitt briefly sketches the early history of documented Edessa. Christianity appeared in the city between its sacking by the Romans and its incorporation into the Roman Empire around the start of the third century A.D.

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