SPEAR Factoids about Apostasy
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event: Severus wrote a letter to Antioch in an attempt to administer his see while in exile. He discussed apsotasy and perseverance in the face of persecution as well as repentance for those truly seeking it. See factoid page
event: Cosmas resigned from his bishopric on account of blasphemy and sickness. See factoid page
event: Sometime after 451 Addai was deposed by those attempting to enforce the heresy of the Council of Chalcedon. He exhorted the brothers to remember the poor, and retreated to his exile in the mountains east of Anzetene. See factoid page
event: Sometime in the early 520s certain clergy in Cilicia Prima were remiss in resisting Chalcedonians. See factoid page
event: Marcion forsook the catholic church in 137/8 A. Gr. 449 . See factoid page
How to cite:
“Keyword Page for Apostasy,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/keyword/apostasy.html, 2023-03-23T12:34:35.951-04:00.Related keyword(s)
- Letters
- Apostasy
- Persecution
- Administration
- Monks
- Exile
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Bishops
- Ordination
- Illness
Related person(s)
- Severus of Antioch — ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
- Aphrahat — ܐܦܪܗܛ
- Marcion — ܡܪܩܝܘܢ
- Anonymi 3106 — Those in Cilicia Prima who failed to defend non-Chalcedonian orthodoxy in the early 520s
- Addai the Chorepiscos — ܐܕܝ ܟܘܪܐܦܝܣܩܦܐ
- Cosmas — ܩܘܣܡܐ