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Abdisho bar Brikha

Abdisho bar Brikha

Abdisho bar Brikha (c. 13th–14th century) was a Syriac Church of the East bishop, theologian, and scholar who served as metropolitan of Nisibis. He wrote in Syriac and Arabic and is best known for his systematic theological work The Pearl, his legal compilation of canon law (Nomocanon), and his encyclopedic Catalogue of Books, an important source for Syriac literary history.
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The Arameans and the Chalcedonian Patriarchal Conflict at Antioch

The 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.