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Jacob Of Saruj

JACOB OF SARUJ (Ya‘qub al-Saruji, 451-521) Monophysite Syrian writer. He was born at Kurtam on the Euphrates and was probably educated at Edessa. He became a priest and served at Hawra in the Saruj district of Mesopotamia. During the time of the Persian domination of parts of Mesopotamia, he rallied the Christian population with his …

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Coptic See Of Jerusalem

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

COPTIC SEE OF JERUSALEM From the beginning of the Christian era, Egypt and Egyptians have had a privileged status in Jerusalem. In the Acts of the Apostles, it is mentioned that Egyptians were among those who witnessed the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. It is also mentioned (Acts 6:9) that Alexandrians, with others, …

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Didymus The Blind (Ca. 313-398)

Eminent / By Youssef Matta

DIDYMUS THE BLIND (ca. 313-398) The last great head of the CATECHETICAL SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA and one of its eminent and most prolific theologians. Although he had lost his sight at the age of four, he was able to command the admiration of his contemporaries by his extraordinary erudition, the amazing mass of his religious …

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Al Durr Al-Thamin (The Pearl Of Great Value)

Books / By Youssef Matta

AL DURR AL-THAMIN (the Pearl of Great Value) The title of two works. The first is ascribed to MURQUS IBN QANBAR, and the second to SAWIRUS IBN AL-MUQAFFA‘. Graf (1947, pp. 331-32) says that it is likely that this commentary with this name on the Pentateuch (covering the first three books) is the work of …

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Doxology

Liturgy / By Youssef Matta

DOXOLOGY An acclamation in which glory (Greek, dóxa) is attributed to a particular person or persons. The earliest Christian doxologies are addressed to the Father or to the Son, but with the development of trinitarian theology, they began to express glory to the Father through the Son and Holy Spirit, or through the Son in …

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