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ArameansThe Arameans and the Chalcedonian Patriarchal Conflict at Antioch
“Bartholomew, who is Nathaniel of the Arameans, and Addai, teacher from the seventy, of Edessa and Mesopotamia and all Persia […] For two patriarchs were brought into conflict at the doors of the Church of Antioch, one of the Arameans, the other Antiochene…”
The passage tells how Arameans identified Bartholomew as Nathaniel in the Syriac tradition. It then refers to a split at Antioch where two rival patriarchs claimed the same see, one from the Syriac “Aramean” Miaphysite tradition and one from the Chalcedonian Antiochene line, reflecting a broader church schism over authority and doctrine.
The passage tells how Arameans identified Bartholomew as Nathaniel in the Syriac tradition. It then refers to a split at Antioch where two rival patriarchs claimed the same see, one from the Syriac “Aramean” Miaphysite tradition and one from the Chalcedonian Antiochene line, reflecting a broader church schism over authority and doctrine.